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Only Five Less Again

Only Five Less Again

I didn’t think that I could beat Friday. But I did. Not only did I get five more single scene paragraphs written, but I got twenty-five scenes written. That’s right, no Establishing Shots single paragraphs written yesterday. Another five and I would have ended Act Two. But twenty-five is still very, very good. At least I think that it is.

True, it was a Saturday. So, there usually isn’t as much work for me to do there. And that was kind of true yesterday at work. But twenty-five is still stretching it a bit. As far as I know, I haven’t gotten that many single paragraphs written. It makes me wonder why I’m getting so many written in one day. And I think I know why.

I’m getting a lot better at writing these single paragraphs. Before I was debating what I was going to write and how I was going to do it. I still do have that problem every so often. But not as much as I used to. And when I do it doesn’t take me as long to figure out the way that I want it to be written. At least not like it used to either.

Once I start to write a single paragraph, I can’t stop doing it until it’s done. Of course, I had to stop when I had work to do. But that didn’t happen too often yesterday at work. It was a kind of typical Saturday. Maybe slightly busier than it should have been. But not busy. It didn’t slow me down that much. If it slowed me down at all.

Another thing I think is making my writing go faster is that I’m showing more than I am telling. Unfortunately, I’m still probably telling too much instead of showing according to most writers and reviewers. But I don’t think that I am. It’s just in the way I word it that makes it telling. I think it’s showing. But most others think it’s telling.

Whether or not it’s telling instead of showing, I’m getting better at it. I’m still doing it a lot in my writing. Especially, my short stories. But I’m still doing it in my scriptwriting too. I’m trying to stop this bad habit and be like everyone else. It’s not easy to do, though. Maybe in another hundred years, I can do it.

I hope that I can get just as many written today. And since it’s a Sunday, there is a very good chance that I can. Especially, if it’s another day like yesterday. I only need five more to finish with Act Two of the first episode of my Water Wars scriptwriting project. I will get them done. I’m just not sure how many of Act Three I can get done too.

I’m hoping to get another fifteen to twenty written. Plus the two Establishing Shots that start each Act now. But I’m not going to count on anything until it happens. I should be able to get at least ten more, plus the Establishing Shots, single paragraphs written. Another five or ten, that’s not what I’m so sure that I can get written today.