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It's Almost Over

It’s Almost Over

In about five or six hours, this will all be over. At least it will be for my single sentences and my single paragraphs aka my Story and Scene Outlines for my Water Wars scriptwriting project. once I get them done, I will be ready to start writing the scripts for this Movie Introduction and the first four episodes of this television series.

Usually, I do a little better on a Friday morning than I do on a Thursday morning. In a way, I did that earlier today too, but not when it comes to the number of single paragraphs I got done today so far. Yesterday, I did twenty-five single paragraphs. Today, I did twenty-three. I still consider today to be better than it was yesterday, though because of how many lines they were.

Yesterday, I had sixteen three-line single paragraphs. Today, I only had two. Combining those two is just slightly over the equivalent of one five-line single paragraph. So, in a way I ended up doing about twenty-one single paragraphs today at work. If I remember correctly, the equivalent yesterday ended up being about twenty. That means I did a little better today after all.

It may have been only one better than yesterday, but it was better. Now what? I still have twenty-four more single paragraphs left before I finally finish writing these Outlines. Once I get them done, I will be starting to write the scripts for these Parts and Episodes. I’m not sure how long I will take to finish writing these Outlines, but it shouldn’t be too long.

I’m figuring about five to six hours to finish writing Episode Four, Probable Death. That’s about six to seven hours of writing time for me to finish it. It also means I will be starting to work on my scripts about halfway through my shift. Give or take an hour. On the outside, I may have about three or four hours to start writing my scripts.

What if it is three or four hours? How much of Part One, Younger-Than-Adults, will I be able to get done tomorrow? That’s hard to say. Since each scene is thirteen, fifteen, or nineteen lines long depending on their scene number aka thirteen, fifteen, or nineteen seconds it may take me some time to do each scene. After all, getting them within their lines may not be that easy to do.

This is only a guess on my part since I haven’t written a script like this before aka handwriting it, but I’m hoping I will be able to do at least one scene per hour. Once I get into a rhythm, I’m hoping it will go a lot faster than that. One or three scenes per hour. I’m not going to count on that happening, though. One or two maybe, but I doubt it will be three.

With thirteen lines for Scenes Two, Four, Seven, and Nine that means there will be about four to six paragraphs per scene. That includes any dialogue. The same is true for fifteen lines aka Scenes One, Three, Six, and Eight. Except they will be about six to eight paragraphs long. As four the nineteen lines aka Scenes Fives, and Tens. They are a little bit different.

Since there are nineteen lines for Scenes Fives and Tens, there could be anywhere from five to ten or more lines. It all depends on how much of these scenes are action and if there is any dialogue with them. most scenes will have some dialogue, but maybe not all of them. Especially, when it comes to the Scenes Fives, and Tens. After all, they are more action-oriented.