I can't stress how much I like scheduling emails. At the risk of sounding dramatic, it could save my writing career. See, for the next two days I am really knuckling down to nailing this soap opera - so have written the emails for next week already, notably the future cabaret plans, and also a lengthy proposal to the local TV station about a chat show idea I have (PAUL RICHARDS INTERVIEWING PEOPLE WHILST RIDING AN EXERCISE BIKE) which is a winner.
But also because I really, really love writing this soap opera - I mean, I've only nailed five episodes so far (4 and 5 were done today) but I'm actually really into these characters, I'm really starting to care for them...Ellie Patterson (to be played by Izzy) is probably the first really strong woman character I've ever written, because she has emotions and shit, whilst 'The Perry Family' are so naively kind to each other I feel frustrated for them, yet I'm the one writing it. It all feels lovely, if a bit like a sitcom. A sitcom that will run for twice a week for 15 weeks. The first 3 episodes were to establish the characters, episode 4 offered a complete change of scenery, and 5 goes back to building the tension, as will 6. Episode 7 everything gets a bit juicy and it's all madness from then on. I'm really into this, you know.
Can we pull it off? It's a lot of filming. I really hope so, because it's a lot of writing.
Anyway, that was pretty much my day...writing, and pacing around getting excited by words on a screen, like a loser.
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