WIM+AI – Module 5 – Lesson 6: Start Act 2. Write 6 – 10 Pages.

[David Wickenden]

David Wickenden Begin Act 2
Vision: I become a writer that the industry respects and wants to work with and it offers me challenges that helps me to continue to grow and be successful.
“What I learned from doing this assignment is…?”
Trust in your outline.
• State: It is so much fun…
• Activity: …to race with a timer!
I’ve used timers for writing sprints for years. Great tool. Not only does it motivate you but it also gives you a break so you don’t burn out.

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[LJ (Lawrence John) Seliski]

LJ Began Act 2

My vision is to write incredible high-concept screenplays that are made into popular, financially successful movies.

What I learned from doing this assignment is whenever I hesitated to think about what I should do next, I reminded myself that this was a first draft and resumed writing at a high speed.

[Monica Arisman]

Subject: Monica Began Act 2

VISION: I am a very successful screenwriter who has had multiple movies made.

What I learned from doing this assignment is I set two hours aside to write and I wrote half the second act.

How it’s going: I’m combining some scenes as they take place in the same location. And I’ve written in a couple of transition scenes. If an idea comes to me, I make a script note and keep going.

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[Pat Fitzgerald]

Pat Began Act 2

My vision is to have fun completing this course with a contest-winning script that will establish me as a courageous and original writer.

What I learned from writing with a timer is that I was far less anal over whether or not my spelling was accurate or if my descriptions 100% fit what my original thoughts were for them. The timer kept me focused on the fact that this is a first draft and my obligation is to follow my outline and get it on paper.

[Michael Collado]

Mike Began Act 2

My Vision is to write an original screenplay, make a couple of calls to pitch it, to start a bidding war.

What I learned from this lesson is that racing against the timer is a cool way to speed up the process. I beat the timer on the first try, and I was thirteen minutes over the next time and seventeen minutes over the time after that, but the scenes were longer than the ten-minute one.

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[Margaret]

Margaret Began Act 2
My vision: To write profound faith-based screenplays that are produced.
What I learned: The timer is a great tool. It gets me immediately into high-speed writing and once I am into that groove, I just keep writing.
My experience: I wrote scenes 6-10 using the timer in 2 different sessions. Just moving fast, encouraged by the ticking clock, keeps me from stopping to wordsmith.

[Lee Tidball]

Lee Starts Act 2

My Vision: I am a writer who is excellent, recognized as such by people in the industry, and has several projects sold for WGA-type fees and some of those produced and successful in the theater and/or on a major streamer.

What I learned as I get into Act 2, which features a big action scene, that I'm trying to hard to choreograph the scene and the urge to go back and correct stuff is overwhelming. Gotta remember to just keep writing. But it's fun

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[Edward Lusk]

ED's Begining of Act 2.
MY VISION is to be a bankable, reputable, and industry go-to writer who’s demonstrated how to entertain and hold an audience’s attention through unforgettable characters and stories that are as enjoyable to write as they are to watch.

What I learned doing this assigment is my Act 2 starts a little early BUT that's okay because it's just a rough draft and these story problems will be worked out in later drafts. For now I keep enjoying writing the scenes, that's important for me to get the scenes down first, in whatever shape they're in.

[Elle Tracy]

ET’s Beginning Act II
Vision: To be recognized for my best work, even with money.
Lesson: writing quickly is becoming easier and easier. — and I trust that in future, there will be a way for me to catch all the typos I’ve introduced!

[Edward Lusk]

ED Begins Act 2.

MY VISION is to be a bankable, reputable, and industry go-to writer who’s demonstrated how to entertain and hold an audience’s attention through unforgettable characters and stories that are as enjoyable to write as they are to watch.
What I learned doing this assignement is the main conflict comes into focus and the scenes alternate who's winning. As I write fast, I write more emotionally, sometimes my emotions get ahead of my words. When I get to a point where the right word doesn't come to mind to match the emotion I want to convey I write "something" knowing 'll be able to get that right in latter drafts.

[Pam Ewing]

Pam’s Begin Act 2
Vision: Become a Writing Athlete
What I’ve learned: I am not working fast enough and maybe more important – I am not writing every day as an athlete would

[Lee Tidball]

I finished Act 1 on Sunday, the 7th. It's going well, but I'm still frustrated with how many times I slip into "perfection" mode. I've discovered that that's the way that I've written all my script up until now, except when I went through the "30-day Screenplay writing" class, when after a while I became quite good at writing in the "first draft" mode.

I'm trying to grasp that again as I get into Act 2, but that is mostly composed of a big action scene that has to be choreographed on the page since everything's happening at once. It's slowing me down, but I constantly remind myself "this is the first draft–relax…" I'm glad that I'm getting lots of practice with that.

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[Kathryn Gould]

Kathryn Gould Begins Act 2

I choose to be a highly creative and energized writer who makes big movies and loves her life working with the most creative people in the world.

What I learned: Wow. This was hard. I set my timer for 15 minutes and I only got halfway through the scene. But it's the fastest I've written so far, so I will keep using this technique to help me write in sprints, and hopefully I'll get better at it and be able to actually finish a scene in that time and then maybe start reducing my time. It's definitely a good way to stop myself from getting picky about the words.

[Sunil Pappu]

Sunil Pappu’s Began Act 2

My Vision: I’m a successful produced writer who specializes in female-led thrillers.

“What I learned from doing this assignment is… to stick to the high speed writing rules and write to my outline… I was able to power through and finish writing 10 pages in one sitting.

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[Terrie Shaft]

Terrie’s Begun Act 2
Vision: I am paid to write screenplays that become successful movies. My process is so solid I can enjoy my equestrian hobby while exceeding expectations with my writing.
What I learned from this assignment is to just write and that some of my scenes are longer than I would have estimates which is good because I was worried about my draft being too short.
My experience is that it took me much longer than 10 minutes but I wrote a 4 page scene pretty quickly. I also skipped order and moved to a scene that I thought would be faster to write. and this is a good strategy for me.

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[James Hernandez]

James Began Act 2

My Vision: I am a great writer who is recognized by the industry as an exceptional collaborator able to elevate any project into production and have maximum success.

What I learned from doing this assignment is…that writing any “crap” is better than nothing. But writing “workable crap” is better by which there would be something solid to work with that could turn “crap” into a decent writing session.

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[Robin Fellows]

WIM+AI – Module 5 – Lesson 6

Robin’s: Start Act 2. Write 6 – 10 Pages.

MY VISION: I aim to make my writing flow naturally, like second nature, crafting stories that resonate globally and leave a mark, backed by a supportive team.
What I learned this lesson was because I’m allowing myself all this creative freedom, I’m having a blast. I’ve actually have implanted several homage Easter eggs from a few of my favorite Sci-Fi’s over my lifetime.

The process is enchanting and allowing me to free my mind. I especially like the quote to the lesson – It was very inspiring. I will no longer complain that my first drafts are crap, because they are and that’s okay. I’m fine with that now. I guess I’m guilty of perfectionism. It’s hard to escape, but as this draft shits out, I hope to become better at writing creative, crappy first drafts. lol

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[Mary Spiers]

Mary Began Act 2
My vision: I am a leading creator of relatable family-friendly stories with compelling, authentic and unique characters.
10 minute timer turned into 2 more but got the scene done.

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[Jan Westbrook]

Jan Began Act 2

My Vision: I am a talented and strong writer with a unique voice, recognized by the movie industry with multiple screenplays produced.

What I learned from this assignment was with a solid draft 1 first act helped write the first scenes of act 2 with a timer freer forced me to keep moving forward from one scene to the next

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[Dawn C Crouch]

Dawn C Crouch Began Act 2!!

My vision is becoming reality. I’m learning to write better, more marketable scripts.

What I learned from doing this assignment is that I thought of the timer several lessons ago, and in fact, I used a timer on a ghostwriter project several years ago. The subject was not one that I was familiar with or comfortable with, but the timer helped me focus and keep on task!! Glad to see it!!

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