For those not in the know, when writing scripts a beat sheet (catching the "beats" of the story) will help you lay down the bones to your script. There's a short film I have been working on for a while and the beat sheet helped me nail down some ideas that were nagging the hell outta me. It has a lot of things that need resolving, however, the bare bones are down. There are a few more pieces of criteria to supply, but I think that will it as far as completion. Afterwards there will be a "cooling off" period which helps divorce the mind from the project, and then it can be addressed with new eyes.
BTW during the "cooling off" period will be the best time to start another beat sheet for another writing project. There will lots of cooling down. This is Beat sheet for project # 2 BTW. I hope to have 4-6 beat sheets by the end of summer quarter. At least during the break between summer and fall quarter I can develop some work. Furthermore, during the fall break the goal is to write nonstop.
Let me add each project has its own complexities, which makes it a little tricker. For example, the first project consisted of a beat sheet for four episodes. The second project is a short film and all three acts are covered. Project three will cover three issues of a sitcom, and project four will cover four episodes of a different program. The episode-based stories have three acts per episode (more work). Project five will likely be another short film, and project six will either be a feature film.
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