Book 1: Chapter 1

A lot of the script is still completely up in the air, but there's a few things I'm very definite on. I know that I want the story to be set in Glasgow and I know what songs I want playing at the very start and the very end hypothetically, should the movie ever be made. I've got a rough idea of the overall story arc and have ideas for about half of the individual scenes.

What remains to be seen is whether I manage to imbue the prose with the wit and warmth that I know it needs. I'm guilty of allowing myself to daydream wildly and imagine the huge success that it would be if the film is made and is a hit, but I still need to actually put pen to paper and write something, just to get things moving. (same goes for the blog)

The next step is to write down a list of every scene I have in mind and rearrange it into some semblance of order. From that, I can either start writing scenes in order, one at a time from start to finish, or else start on some of the key scenes hoping that if I get them right, the rest will just fall into place.

Once I have the whole script written, I intend to choose definite locations of scenes and make up a story board using photo backgrounds and hand drawn 'actors' laid on top. Might even do a read through at that point and string the whole movie into a slide show, Who knows?

There's a long way to go and, as always happens, real life is getting in the way too much right now. I want this enough to find the time though.

Next time, I'll give a rough overview of the story and hopefully have the story structure nailed down...