BWTV-AI Module 4 – Lesson 2: Write Act 1

[Denice Lewis]

Denice Finished Act 1, First Draft

What I learned doing this assignment is to keep going and never look back. I didn’t go back to edit (a wonder), but did add a couple of lines of dialogue when they popped in my head. It was freeing not to think about having anything perfect.

[Lenore]

BWTV Module 4, Lessonn 2 Act l

Lenore Bechtel Finished Act 1

What I learned doing this assignment is how easy it is to speed write with a highly detailed outline. I completed Act 1 in 4 hours and 10 minutes without a break. I was not paying any attention to page count, but I’m now on page 25. My teaser is 7 pages, so that makes Act 1 18 pages—probably too long. As I was writing, I knew I could make the dialogue tighter, but didn’t want to mess with it while speed writing. So I should have no trouble making it shorter later.

[Kristina Zill]

Kristina finished Act 1, first draft

What I learned doing this assignment is that a good outline makes writing easy.

[Phyllis Strong]

Phyllis’ Finished Act 1

What I learned from this assignment is that a detailed outline really helps the writing process. That being said, my big problem is stalling out. On to Act 2!

[Sunil Pappu]

Sunil Pappu Finished Act 1 First Draft

“What I learned doing this assignment is… that I was able to see myself trying to stall to dig into research to move my story forward but I empowered myself to move on and was able to breeze through 15 pages to complete my first act. I know I have to look at page count in my next draft but for now, I’m sticking to my outline and writing to whatever the page count it might reach.”

[Arthur Blum]

What I learned is that after writing a scene, I feel so different than writing the outline. The characters come to life and I’m always getting new incites and ideas. I always feel I’m doing a great job even though when I get feedback sometimes, it’s only so-so. I guess when you’re in the bubble, it’s sometimes hard to be analytical.

[Jeff Chase]

Jeffrey Alan Chase Finished Act 1 First Draft

What I learned doing this assignment is that working from my outline that I was “forced” to write is making writing my script a sheer pleasure. I’m moving along, completed Act 1 several hours ago.

[Margaret]

Margaret Finished Act 1

What I learned: Finally, got into the high-speed writing groove. Easier to be creative when I give myself permission to write a less than perfect scene.

[Bob Creager]

Bob’s Module 4

What I learned: It took a bit of effort to get the hang of high speed writing but it worked very well. A breakthrough for sure.

I wrote non-stop for the complete script and did not pause to post to the forum after each lesson but I did read the lesson before doing the Act.

[Gayla Betts]

Gayla Betts Finished Act 1 First Draft

What I learned doing this assignment is it’s okay to fly without a safety net. Feels weird when you have new ideas you ignore (thank goodness for notes for later), but by sticking with honoring the outline, I don’t have to make as many decisions that might change everything.

[Sylvia Krawczyk]

BWTV-AI Module 4 – Lesson 2: Write Act 1

Sylvia’s Finished Act 1 First Draft

What I learned doing this assignment is…This is definitely a good way to write this. I have been moving around the Outline HW to make it even faster. On to the next Act…

[Jerry Robbins]

Jerry’s Finished Act 1

So here I am after haven written my Act 1. I actually moved my act 1 turning point up into the disturbance, emotional area and put my Act 2 turning point in act one. I left out half of my outline and tried to broaden my characters who were said to be dry and unemotional (these were robots after all) and so now by leaving out part of the outline people said were unreasonable or not understandable. It did change the story a lot. This was on Tuesday. I found a bottle of JD and drank it and watched an old TV series called Legacy 1998 (not the new Legacy series) and got interested in that. In three minutes they had introduced all the major characters and their storylines in 3 mintues exactly. When I go back over my story, this will be useful in testing whether my 3 minute teaser can do that. I did make some changes, adding a character to the Teaser and leaving out a lot of what was to happen in Act 1. I did not want murder to be the main storyline, just the Robobs themselves. The disturbance is now different and what was the turning point of Act 2 is now the turning point of Act 1 in my first draft.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by  Jerry Robbins.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by  Jerry Robbins.

[Barbe LaPierre]

Barbe’s Finished Act 1 First Draft
What I learned doing this assignment is the HSW continues to inspire focus, skill, and a license to speed.