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i know ive said it before, but i think ive finally bitten off more than i can chew.

do i care?

no. not really.

im a mess, but hopefully, this will help me to focus in some way.

my biggest problem at the moment is that i have quite a few writing projects going on at the same time:

the self portrait of a pretentious bastard (feature) - its more or less done. probably less. i just need to find the final line of focus and go in for the kill. cut. cut. cut. its probably 20-30 pages too long at the moment and thats making it a bit confusing and pointless (as in without a point). i havent even looked at it since the last draft... ill get around to that soon.

marathon (feature) - i still havent come up with a better title, but in the next couple of days, i think itll be the closest to being "done" than anything else im working on. the biggest difference in this draft so far? ive already cut 16 pages... and its pretty much ALL from the beginning. im experimenting with starting at the second plot point. its a fricken heist film, weve all seen hundreds of heist films... we know the formula, we know the archetypes... so, im skipping as much of the set up as i can and cutting as many character introductions as i can... if it works (big if), itll be tight, frenzied, and fresh. yeah... we'll see.

sister wong (tv pilot) - still non-plussed by the title... but thats true of almost all of these... be that as it may, im really excited about the possibility and promise of this one. its a cable series margaret offered to bring me in on and shake up. im trying my best... i just dont want to drift to far from what she established since i think its so solid already. i keep tossing around "it could be the chinese sopranos". ive gone through the last draft and just received the first couple of research books in the post. got a LOT of reading to do before i even think about touching this one again... but i cant wait.

untitled end of the world project (feature) - jose and i are wondering what the hell someone would be trying to do at the end of the world. where would she go, what would she do? this shits more difficult than it sounds. good times ahead, and hopefully plenty of wine.

identity diptych: the amnesiac/the documentarian (play) - im stepping a little outside of my comfort zone here. ive been reading a lot of stoppard lately, and after seeing the showcase that caroline was in (and totally rocked)... a little inspiration has been brewing. all i know is that its two complementary pieces somehow linked... either as two separate plays... or as two parts of the same play... or something. all i know... is that the amnesiac is about a woman who is convinced by a friend (or lover, or family member... or all three) that she is an amnesiac... and the documentarian is about a man who is so obsessive in documenting every aspect of his life, that he totally loses who he is.

yeah, good luck with that one old man...

gaia (feature) - is percolating... again. but thats super secret ;)

and thats only the writing side of things.

lot of steps to change the world, whew.


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ps. beware, wine party 1.o is coming very soon.