Girl Meets Script

I am so relieved that this term is almost over, but the work has just begun. I have to remember to pace myself on finishing this script and make sure it's done, hopefully before the end of week 2 - I mean, it'll be done by that Friday, but my goal is before. We'll see how that goes. I reached the midpoint of my script, but it's a few pages short - 45 instead of the 50 I wanted. I'm really just starting to figure out some of what the movie is about and where it's going. I feel like it's starting to come more into its own than it was in the beginning, but I will have a lot of editing and revising to do. Really, I'm just trying to plow through and get a draft finished, even if I'm not totally loving everything that's going on. Having a loose full draft to work with is much better than having three perfect scenes and nothing else. I hope more of the story comes to me to add to the beginning so I can reach the length I want. Actually, in my efforts to "fill pages," I feel like I came up with a couple good things that I didn't think of before, like a young family for my main character to compare to his own life. We'll see how break and the subsequent two weeks go. Here's hoping they're good.

On another note, I'm watching an old episode of Boy Meets World, and I am loving this one scene where Cory is showing a girl how to order at this dive place called Chubbie's. It's so South Philly accurate. Cory says, "Okay listen, [Chubbie]’s gonna turn around and raise one eyebrow. He will not speak. You’ll have a two second window to order. You say 'Turkey Chubbie.' He’ll wipe his nose. Then you say 'With everything.' And he’s gonna look at you real hard like he’s making a decision about you. if he asks what you want to drink, you’re in, you’re set for life."

Hooray Philly accuracy in a show that once referred to the Franklin Institute as "The Franklin Museum of Science."