I can already tell that today is going to be completely unproductive. I had to pick up my girlfriend at the airport last night/this morning, and I didn't hit the sack til 4:30 or so this morning. I'm not exactly firing on all cylinders right now.
Even yesterday, though, I was starting to get the sense that my current hot streak was starting to cool. I'm not the type of writer who can sit in front of his computer and just write. I wish I were. I remember reading/hearing an interview with Paul Thomas Anderson following Magnolia were he said he pretty much wrote that script in two weeks. And now having tried to write several screenplays, I can appreciate what a remarkable feat that was.
I consider it a productive day when I get a scene done. I'm just painfully slow when it comes to writing, and often I find it terribly frustrating. I just want to get the writing done so I can move on to the fun shit: working with actors, shooting and editing.
Even when the writing is going well, I don't enjoy it. In fact, I know when I write something of quality when I start getting nervous while I'm writing it. For instance, I wrote a scene the other day that I was really happy with but by the time I was done with it, I was almost shaking due to anxiety. I don't understand why it touched a nerve. Anyone got any ideas?
So today, I'm taking a load off and listening to the song below on loop.
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