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I'm working on my screenplay today, and I made something of a breakthrough. There was an important scene that I wanted to write, but I knew that I needed a three to four page transitional scene between what I had already written and what I needed to write. I was fussing and fuming about what I was going to do, but then I suddenly thought. Why wait? I can always add that transitional scene in later. In MovieMagic screenwriter, which I recommend highly if you want to pay for screenplay formatting software, you can add notes to your manuscript. I just wrote myself a note as to what that transitional scene should do, and then, I went on with the scene I really wanted to write. I have to start doing some kind of outlining or planning or I am never going to be successful with my work. This screenplay version of Dean Knight that I am working on is actually going to be a horror story. A lot of it though will be psychological horror.
My biggest problem when I write is that I can't sit and write without stopping. I have to earn a living through my teaching so often I have days where I am so busy with my job that I can't write. Maybe that's just an excuse, I don't know. It is hard for me to get into any kind of writing mode that has any consistency to it. When I come back to something I've not worked on for a while, I am sometimes just absolutely stuck. Maybe outlining would solve that problem. I don't know for sure.
What do you other writers do? I would appreciate some advice before I just drive myself crazy.
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