Day 52

So today I went to the screening of an Independent film and Adam Busch and Amber Benson were there. You may know them as Warren and Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer the TV series. I asked them if they would read a script that was sent to them and maybe help the person get it made. The answer was that they love to read scripts but the money isn't really out there. That's where I'm going with this. So, my wonderful Robert Downey Jr project could be edited and critiqued by none other than Adam Busch and Amber Benson. That's kind of epic if you ask me.

Day 48

Wow, almost three weeks since the last time I updated. That's not awesome at all. We've kind of been dealing with the same snag on the script but I think we figured it out. Basically, we couldn't agree on how to write a certain character. We both made this person far more important than they actually are. A whole character as a plot device. I hate doing it. I hate it when other people do it. "The only reason that person is there is so this can happen." It's frustrating. But, it's absolutely necessary. So, now that we know what the snag is, maybe we can move on from there.

I've also been given another script idea for a romantic comedy, and that's actually the fault of Mrs Downey herself, or Little D as she is sometimes called. It's kind of cute because she's actually shorter than Robert. And he's kind of short for a guy.

Day 28

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE WONDERFUL ROBERT DOWNEY JR! 45 and still as awesome as ever.


The project is going slow still. Gotta work out some kinks but it's all good. Trying to come up with a general plot outline but it's not going so well. We've got time to work things out though. :-)

Day 24

We're still very stuck on the script. I can't sleep right now. It's weird. There's a very important scene that we just can't get to work properly and it doesn't feel right even having it in there. How can it not feel right having an important scene in there? This is kind of frustrating.

Thank you Papa John's (previous employer) for sucking out my soul and taking most of my creativity with it. YOU SUCK!

It's taken me a couple of years just to get the writing glimmer back because of the nonsense I had to deal with working for that company but that is not why you're reading this blog so let's move on. The script is stalled at the moment so we're obviously behind schedule. And I'm pretty sure it's my fault because I can't figure out exactly what I want to do with this.

Day 17.

We've hit a bit of a snag. We're stuck on one of the scenes. I'm sure we'll work it out though.

DAY 15

We've hit a little bit of a snag again but I think we'll get through it. One of the scenes is causing us some problems with how to go about it exactly. I'm betting once the awesomeness that is Robert Downey Jr gets a hold of this scene he'll have some genius ideas that'll make it one of the best scenes of the movie but right now it's just kind of bleh and we're both too tired to figure out what to do.

Oh if I only didn't have to work. And the way my schedule at work is going I might have to get a second job which will very much hinder my ability to write the script, but I'm thinking things will work themselves out.

We'll get this scene sorted out and everything will fall into place. It feels like we've written HOURS of script and it'll probably only come out to about 40 minutes if we're lucky right now. We'll have to see how things go. And even if Robert isn't in the movie, just getting it made would be fantastic.

Day 12

We had a minor set back in that somewhere between my laptop and my desk top, my copy of the script got deleted. I had it on a disc so that I could easily transfer from one to the other and somehow the disc was erased. I don't know how. BUT with the wonderfulness that is Cally having her own copy I was able to get another copy and remake the changes that I made last night.

We are making a great deal of progress though. We're at nearly 8000 words total. Only 2000 more words to go before Sunday. I don't know if we're going to make it but we'll get close at least.

And now we're finally in sync on the number of words. Not sure about the number of pages but that's okay as long as we have the same number of words, right? Right. Now I am going to get in a nap before I have to go to work later. Because I know you wanted to know that.