August 06, 2021
Yesterday I didn't go back to sleep after waking at 0000. I intended to but helped out a family member then the house got noisy as usual and I couldn't get to sleep until 1400 or so. I slept until 1600. Then had to do a bunch of stuff due to last minute info and got to bed at 2100. I woke at 0100 still groggy. Pounded out 500 words of which 344 were dialogue and my head began hurting so I am going back to bed...0333.
I got out of bed again at 0651 so that I could make use of my mother's wifi. And settled down to write at 1053. It's now 1229 and my tally for today is 1139 words of dialogue which is 9.11 minutes. Loves and lovettes, I am thrilled.
These characters are fun to write actually. They are sassy, and consider themselves equals. They are expressive, unafraid to push each other and be physical in love, and willing to listen. Obviously this is the tribe. But so far the antagonists are fun too. I dislike who they are but I am also able to tap into their reputation and use that instead of using them and luckily based on how I am writing this play I can get away with writing the antagonists this way. Well, the primary antagonist from who the most potent evil in the play comes from.
I'm realising that I had a block towards the main evil doer in my first play and this was it. If I intend to continue writing these types of plays and antagonists I need to learn more about who they are when they are not being watched and what is motivating them, what are their inner turmoil?
What I am really enjoying most about these dialogues is how easy the characters' backstories slip in. And also I am feeling a lot less tension in writing this. I don't know if it's because I outlined first, or because it's not poetry, or because it's my second play, or because I didn't live any trauma similar to what is happening in it, or because I have been writing a little every day... although those writings are extremely short. Let's see if this continues.
I might take a break during the weekend. By that I mean that I might finish outlining the play over the weekend instead of writing. I have seven outlined scenes which I have yet to write. But they do not connect to the end scenes. I don't quite know if what I have outlined is just Act I or Act I and part of II. Nonetheless I need to fill this gap before I get there and waste time.
This has been a great writing week.
And just as I was about to schedule this post (because you know I am not sitting on my phone uploading these daily, right?) I see a reminder about the Mini 1000 during which we write 1000 words daily for six consecutive days. And that means one thing:
Next week will be awesome!