episode iv

I'm getting on. I really doubted this for a while but an absence of a couple of months can actually really benefit a project.
On the "Static"-page you'll find a project called "Doors". This is only a working title and it has been called that for over two years now, first in my head, then in first drafts on paper and on the screen and then, finally, as a screenplay.
Terje had an important influence on the project as, after quickly getting what it was all about, he wrote a couple of scenes and also made me realize what end the story truly needed.
Now, so many months later, I'm rewriting the whole thing, not because it's bad, not because it sucks, but because I want to try working this way. The script will receive three rewrites before I deem it complete and I'm currently in the middle of the second one.
I'm now using celtx, an open source script writing solution and I'm really getting used to it. The transition also forces me to go over every scene, every paragraph and every word again ? a rewrite in the truest meaning of the word.
But it's progressing, now that I'm on holiday, and I really like the direction it's taking. It's all getting more compact, more integrated and now that I've finally found a title (which will be announced as soon as this second rewrite is complete), there's nothing in the way of making the movie. Well, time probably is but that's just a minor annoyance, isn't it? ;o)
So, off to writing, thanks for staying tuned.
[Update:] The second rewrite is done and accordingly, the Static page has been updated.
- Dennis