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It’s finished, again… for now. Last night I finished the second draft of Grizzly Skag Bear. The first draft was completed in October. I took some time off, but wasn’t sure when to start up again. The thing about writing, and myself is sometimes I need to be pushed by an outside source, in this case my friend Steve, again.
The second draft was written from January 4, 2010 to February 15, 2010. It’s about 15 pages shorter than the first version. The first version, while super exciting to write, had a bunch of what I would call “fluff”. I had never attempted writing something like that before and for whatever reason thought I needed to make each scene at least 10 pages long. Looking back at it, it wouldn’t have even been entertaining; it would’ve been dumb and rambling like Last Call with Carson Daly or something British. I trimmed a lot of the proverbial fat off this draft.
I assume I’ll probably be writing a third draft, but who knows now. Ideally I’d like to start filming this in the summer. That’s probably ambitious seeing as how almost nothing - casting, locations, budget, people’s schedules – has been figured out yet. It’s only the middle of February. There is time for all of that.
A handful of the scenes were rewritten, maybe half, and the other half are new. New and exciting scenes would include: the cat burglar, the pose off, a poker game, and a talent show with really bad jokes.
I like where this is going a lot more than I did originally.
If you’re wondering, I haven’t updated this blog in a month and a half as there wasn’t anything to say. I didn’t feel like rambling about pointless stuff that was irrelevant to the creation of Grizzly Skag Bear… like how John Mayer was a complete tool BEFORE he did that Playboy interview. That horse has been dead a while and there wasn’t any reason to keep beating it. Or how I couldn’t find my Nintendo 64.
Irrelevant, see.
Lastly, I’ve been in a good mood since last Saturday. This hasn’t happened since last spring. I like where this is all going.
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I’m really excited to either read your script or see/help with the finished product. This isn’t meant to be hokey, but I’m proud of you.
Comment by Katie February 15, 2010 @ 4:31 PMHelp is always welcome. Once I figure out more of what is actually going to happen and when it will be happening, I’ll let you know.
Comment by Grizzly Skag Bear February 15, 2010 @ 6:21 PM