Breathtaking

I was so tired last night, it didn't even occur to me to post about the amazing sights of yesterday morning.

Since the days are getting shorter, it's still dark when we leave home...usually a little before 6:00.

Yesterday, I was glad we leave so early, as we were treated to one of the most BEAUTIFUL full moons I've ever seen...and I've seen a lot of them.

The moon was sanguine...the most beautiful red I've ever seen it. Soft and full and hanging just over the tops of the trees at the horizon.

Sadly, it was about time for it to set, so we weren't able to see it for long.

But, it was breathtaking as it slipped into the marine layer clouds in the distance.

Then, after dropping all three kids off at three different schools, I was privileged to watch one of the loveliest, most breathtaking sunrises I've seen in a very long time.

The sky turned a rosy red before the sun even rose above the horizon and when it did-- probably because of the marine layer--it BURST into the sky in fiery glory. It, too, was red...awesome and blazing.

Truly, truly a wonderful morning, and I consider myself lucky to have been able to see TWO spectacular sights in the same day.

Today's Goal

One day at a time right now, with the goals, until I finish the screenwriting class on the 22nd.

LOTS of writing to do and some revising to be thrown into the next two weeks as well.

By tomorrow night, I need to have FIFTY pages written. Even though we're not using the standard screenplay format in this class (we're writing by rising action instead of three acts), I notice that natural act breaks are pretty much falling into place.

By the end of the next 50 pages, I'll be roughly at the end of Act 3, the lowest point in the screenplay for the protagonist.

After that, I still have another 30 pages to get written, as well as the revising that accompanies the last 90 pages of the screenplay.

I've started to stress, which means I have to break this down into manageable goals.

Normally, I write pretty quickly...unless stress takes over.

The stress comes from the fact that the first 28 pages of my screenplay were quite well-received, so I have now placed unreasonable expectations on myself for the remainder of the screenplay.

I don't think I've ever written such a clean rough draft (novel or screenplay either one), so I feel the need to continue thusly...which, of course, is a stupid thing since it's placing so much pressure on me.

I should just do the best that I can and revise. There's nothing at all wrong with that method. It's how I generally write.

Though I have to admit that I've been more than pleased to discover that I can do better than I'd ever imagined.

Anyway...

Goal for today is a reasonable 15 pages. I hope to break those down into 5 pages during lunch and the other 10 at home. (Though, naturally, youngest son has a color guard for the school football game tonight, which means going back out to pick him up around 7:30.)

If I can get 15 pages down today, that's only 35 more for tomorrow. I can do 5 at breakfast and go out for an afternoon tea to get another 5 done (I work better out, when I can manage it.) So, 25 to do the remainder of the day.

My estimate is that it's only a total of about 11,000 words, so if I can just ease up on my expectations of myself and write, it won't be a problem.

However, knowing that the instructor and 30+ people are going to read it kind of ups those expectations of myself!

It's Friday!!!!!

HOORAY!

This was a short week that was actually a short week. Didn't have too much extra workload built in for me, which was nice. Just the normally rushed work week.

Did you folks have a good week?

Anybody doing anything special for the weekend?

What are you writing on?

Now that it's September, anyone ready for NaNo?

As soon as I'm finished with my screenplay, I'm going to start outlining for my NaNo project.

Well, off to work. Everybody have a great day and a fun weekend!