Scriptwriting
ook three is mostly over halfway done, and though I haven’t done any actual writing of it in a few days (what with school work) a recent project got me thinking, I actually really miss screenwriting.
Sometime last year I believe, I mentioned that I had been wanting to work on a screenplay version of Bridge of Memories which between working on Goddess of Carnage, edits, and now working on Edge of Darkness, needless to say, the script has sort of fallen by the wayside. But it got me thinking… I’ve discussed quite a bit on this blog, how much I want to write something totally original, something that I’ve never worked on before and in particular something to take my mind off of the fact that I haven’t really been writing all that much of Edge of Darkness as of late. The would-be horror/paranormal thriller that my friend Katrina and I were to be working on together has sort of reached a standstill as neither of us have updated our Google Drive page lately. The ideas have sort of been nil lately and so that particular idea, at least for the time being is temporarily halted.
I’ve considered writing other books that I have on my agenda, but a part of me really wants to dedicate all my focus onto those books when I get to them (e.g. after I’ve finished the trilogy) which just leaves the possibility of writing a screenplay. Thus far I’ve only written bits and pieces of screenplays, various attempts at Bridge of Memories, and I think one attempt at another story (to be announced after the trilogy) but I’ve never yet worked on anything completely original, by which I mean an idea I’ve never written as a novel before. It’s a thrilling and somewhat terrifying concept, and something tells me, given the time constraints (less than 200 pages for a 2 hour movie) I would be wise to try and outline as much about the idea as possible beforehand.
I won’t make any pronouncements here, if for no other reason than because every time I do that absolutely nothing comes of it, but I do plan to see what ideas come to mind and I would definitely like to work on a screenplay again.
