Chance Of Brainstorms
I’ve started working on the fourth draft of my thesis and am trying out a new approach to revising. Previously, I would go through linearly and change things I didn’t like as I came across them. That only worked so well; the script moved about halfway in the direction I wanted.
So currently, I’m not even looking at the script. I just run the current story in my mind, as well as the elements I want brought to the forefront and character elements that need to be explored farther. I keep doing that until the lightning strikes.
It sounds half-baked but it’s actually been working quite well. I’ve been making tons of changes that I feel are really shaping the script into what I want it to be.
In fact, it’s working a bit too well. I haven’t figured out how to shut it off. I’ve been up until 3 or 4 AM almost every night recently because I need to get all the changes down before I go to sleep, or else I risk losing them. The trials and tribulations of revising…