There is an open rehearsal scheduled for March 12. I'd like the cast to have at least two days with the script beforehand. Admittedly some things are still going to be rough, but many things will also be exactly the way they'll be in the finished script.
For about two weeks now, I've been focused on only one thing: Turning pages out. This has been a full-time, 3-day a week job (I also work a full-time job in the computer industry, so it's been a balancing act).
There are already 55 pages done, all keyframe scenes are in except the climax. Following please find my writing schedule for the next two weeks. Scene shapes are also done for the scenes that stitch the keyframe scenes together, so now we just have to write those. Page counts are very approximate.
(Hopelessly quotidian! But writing is more than just thinking stuff up. It's bone-crunching work.)
Monday 3/1 - The party - (6 pages) Desperation 1 (4 pages) and Desperation 2 (6 pages) -
Tuesday 3/2 - The Road 1 (5 pages) - Weird creatures
Wednesday 3/3 - The Road 2 (5 pages) - Lotus Eaters
Thursday 3/4 - The Road 2 (5 pages) - Lotus Eaters
Saturday 3/6 - The Road 3 transition (3 pages) and Donna Morgan death scene (9 pages)
Sunday 3/7 - Entering the Safe House (5 pages) meeting Kate (5 pages)
Monday 3/8 - Rewrite climactic scene (8 pages) and complete Scene 1 (4 more pages)
Tuesday 3/9 - Review and tweak Opening and climactic points (2 more pages)
Wednesday 3/10 - Research and weave in poetry quotes, fill in jokes, gaps and expletives, Proofread
and TURN IN DRAFT to CAST and MATT
When I deliver on this schedule we'll have double the number of pages almost - 111 pages - but still be well under the two-hour limit. If I fall slightly short of that, I'm not going to kick myself. Nor will anyone else.
I know, if I'm going to be *this* entertaining, you might as well tune in to "American Idol." Or better yet, go out and see a bunch of other great new plays - too bad Melissa James Gibson's Suitcase just closed, that was a good one.
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