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Lesson 3
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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 finished my first Act of First Draft! (since I was doing 5-10 pages a day each time, even on the first lesson). I do keep taking longer than I probably should, but at least I am more aware of when I am dawdling, like deciding on a name, or a strategy, or exact description of a room, etc.. When I decide I need to look it up on the internet, that’s when I stop myself – and just make a note and continue. Also – in this speed writing, I notice I don’t always use all the Intrigues and Character traits I have come up with, since it’s so speedy doing this draft. So that is when I do take the time to go back and get it a little more the way I would want. Some things just take a little creative thinking. But I try to be faster about it than normal and not dawdle. Some things, I am learning to just leave be for now. No perfectionism.
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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 – Still working on Quick v. word smithing the darn thing when I put in a word I know can be better.
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Cameron Martin’s Act 1 First Draft Part 1
Vision: Write a story that connects with audiences on a spiritual level, while prioritizing quality time with family.
What I learned doing this assignment is…So, this this going to be a bit of copy and paste in the forums, since I’m writing this after finishing Act 1. I can’t remember the last time I wrote like this. Might’ve been high school or early college. Regardless, it was fun to rediscover my confidence in writing fast and getting a lot of content down. Separate from that, I also discovered, in spite of the amount of crap I put on paper, there’s a lot of ideas I got to explore that my outline didn’t initially convey, and I have a more cohesive story to follow from page to page, all in less than a week’s time. I just kept reminding myself that quality is for another draft. This is about getting words down so that they can be rewritten. So, forget spelling, good scene descriptions, or proper pacing…for now. All that comes in the next draft. Godspeed.
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Vision: Professional. Produced. Prolific. Popular (as in my writing is popular – not expecting to be more likeable!)
Slowed down by getting sick but that is good because I have to rely more on the assignments and just dumb it down to get it down on the page. Trying to speed up the speed writing prevents over thinking and allows me to forgive my ‘shame/self-blame’ for falling behind (again).
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