I really started working on my feature. Considerably more than usual. Despite the heavy schedule I'm carving out time for it. Still...the best ideas come to me at the worst of times. I know this is true for a lot of writers. By worst I don't mean when I'm sick or hurt, I mean when I don't have paper in front of me. The worst thing a screenwriter (or any writer for that matter) is have a great idea and let it go away. For my first years of writing I did this all the time. I'd have an excellent idea for a new story (or how to fix a current story), tell myself I'd remember it, then over time forget it. It wasn't until I watched "Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods" that I realizes what the answer was. What Grant does is write down every idea that comes to mind in a notebook. He has tons of them! Enough to fill a room. Sometimes he looks through them, sees an idea and doesn't even remember when he had it or what it means. Still, it's written down and probably helped him develop other ideas. Some time later I got a notebook and carried that sucker everywhere with me. It's proved to be so useful. Anytime any idea comes to mind it gets written down. One of the things I worried about when I got into screenwriting was having enough ideas to sustain myself. Now I've got tons! If I ever get stuck, I know exactly where to turn to.
I digress though...I've started working on my feature! It's going a little bit better than expected. I just need to find a story within the second act. I know it's somewhere in there. The little writer in my mind just needs to mine for it. I'm off to a good start though.
In the mean time "Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods" is streaming on Hulu: http://www.hulu.com/watch/260325
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