So I make a list and tape it to the wall in front of my Mac. On my wall I put these five words for the start of Misery— 1. finishing 2. leaving 3. driving 4. storm 5. crash Hopefully, the whole movie, the entire story would be thirty shorthanded words. They could tell me about something as short as a single cut. Or a ten- or twelve-page sequence. Which I hope is in my head. Then, always checking out the list, all I have to do is write the movie.
