The briar patch looks very comfortable. I can be thrown in there soon, and I will loll around in that prickly little world that is my own special relaxation zone. But I don't want to go.
I've been working steadily for the past few months on my screenplay. The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You. I have no way of knowing if it's a good screenplay as industry standards go, but it works for me. I just finished Act II, and at this point all story elements are nicely in place for Act III to roll right out.
That means that if I did nothing else, in just a few days I could be finished with a pretty big project. I've been editing myself as I've gone along, so unless someone else takes it in hand, I've got the best draft I can come up with.
In short, I'd be finished. I'd be ready for the briar patch.
I don't want to have nothing to do. I know somewhere along the line I swore I was going to be a rockin' granny, and I am a rockin' granny. But a writer's got to write. A writer doesn't have to tear her hair out showing her stuff to agents and editors and producers, but she does have to be working on something.
I'll finish because the momentum won't let me stop. Then Br'er Fox will be swinging my fluffy carcass toward the briar patch. But I hope I get a reprieve. Maybe I'll send the screenplay to my friend L. He'll make me insecure enough that I'll rewrite it.
"a writer's got to write. A writer doesn't have to tear her hair out showing her stuff to agents and editors and producers, but she does have to be working on something."
That's the essence of it, n'est pas?
Posted by: Krug | August 21, 2007 at 05:27 PM
wow! good for you. why the new title if this is based on two-story brick houses? i live near lots of square, boxy, two-story brick houses, and i can't help but think of your story often. that's a good thing, n'est pas?
Posted by: rebbetzin | August 28, 2007 at 01:47 PM
Since you've moved onto screenplays, why not help out with K-ville on TV? The reviews complain it's cliche-ridden. They need you in the briar patch!
Posted by: unknown | September 17, 2007 at 03:06 PM
Fantastic and I want an update. Plus, "...she does have to be working on something..." gives me a much-needed kick in the butt.
Posted by: WLestina | September 29, 2007 at 11:32 AM
Can you stand a mash note? I love your work. You are a force of nature.
Posted by: Sheryl | September 30, 2007 at 05:47 PM