Act Two Pros

After discovering that a film recently placed into development was dangerously close to a script I wrote back in Dec. '04, I dug said script up from the bowels of my abandoned screenplay deluge, and did a lil' rethinkin' on the bastard child. After an hour, or so, of tinkering, I came up with a better concept than the original. Successfully doctoring a premise has never came this quick, so, overall, it was a good day.

Post-necessary-self-congratulatory-celebration of a Bud Light tall boy and a quarter-pack of Marlboro Lights, I started a rough outline. And, you know what?... the fucker sang. I beat out Act Two with ease (Acts One and Three were conquered territory -- even with the premise reclamation). The pace found itself. The twists, character arcs, and plot points pieced themselves together.

The issue with the previous version of the screenplay -- besides the aforementioned similarities -- was that my Act Two was bogged down with bad plotting and a virulent plague of fifth-grade dialogue. (I throw feces at the pages and see what sticks, like the good spec monkey I am. )

So far, it's been about a week since the operation began, and this go-round feels like a step in a positive direction. Hey... so far, so good.

More to come.