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Lesson 2
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MY VISION – To write cutting edge, unique, human, soul-inspiring, Oscar-winning scripts that have commercial success and that producers line up to buy and make into multi-million dollar movies. With me in important leading roles. Which makes me a Force in the Hollywood Entertainment industry – as a writer, actor, producer, and director.
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DOING THIS ASSIGNMENT IS… I had set an intention to high speed write. But I found myself dawdling and savoring things as I like to do, instead of getting on with it, and correcting myself and redoing stuff whenever I felt it was all wrong. It took me an hour to do one scene. And that’s because I was TRYING to hurry. Or else I might have taken hours to do it. In all fairness, it was a complex family scene with a lot of dynamics. The next scene was simpler and only took me 15 minutes to do! It will be a challenge not to dally, since I like to feel and savor things before I move on. I find not all scenes are created equal. Some write themselves quickly and smoothly. Others need a try or two…and a little thinking. But I am trying to do less of that.
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Cameron Martin’s High Speed Writing Rules
Vision: Tell a story that connects with audiences on a spiritual level, while prioritizing family time.
What I learned doing this assignment…One more thing I forgot to add from the last assignment – put a timer on and stick to that. So, yeah: pencil, composition notebook (a cheap one to reflect the quality of the first draft), and a timer. The other thing is, I already knew I could write 5 pages an hour, because I’ve done that before on assignment; wrote 20 pages in four hours. My big issue is that I struggle to separate what I know I can write with just putting words to paper. That quote at the beginning of the assignment is something that I really to need to meditate on every time I start this. Writing for maximum quality utilizes a completely separate set of skills from writing as fast as you can. I’ve got to remind myself to not do both functions at once, and trust that I’ll get my writing up to standard in time. Right now, let’s just get my writing to where I can rewrite it.
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My Vision – To create commercial studio size films that move people. To create characters that can live forever and bring moving memories to those that have watched one of my films.
What I learned from doing this assignment – I was able to get 5 pages in 90 minutes but I think that is mostly because I have a fairly thorough outline. I see why it is important, but will need to push myself to not get hung up on a description or line of dialog that seems a little off and keep plowing on.
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My Vision: Professional. Produced. Prolific. Popular.
What I learned from doing this assignment is how to sneak up on my critical/lazy/excuse-laden self.
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