For
the last 7 months I've been bringing a screenplay project in to
Writers Connect, my
writing group. It's called Once Upon a Time in Great Britain, it's a
meagre 17,000 words, and it's about a graduate who is recruited into
a terror faction in Manchester. I've brought it in one chunk at a
time, with each section running at around 1000 words. The group have
enjoyed the story although they found numerous areas for improvement.
They also found it hard to keep up with the plot, considering there's
a minimum of 2 weeks between each meeting.
Now
that I've shown them the whole script, the plan is to redraft using
the notes I made on the feedback the group gave me. Then I'm going to
bring in 6 copies of the new draft to the meeting on the 14th August, where
we'll perform a full read-through of the script. Nexus Art Cafe from 1pm.
This
is my project for the next 3 weeks. It'll be nice to have a deadline
and to have people waiting for the work, and being motivated by
someone other than myself. I need people to take parts: if you fancy
joining in you'll be assigned a role... and your feedback will be
appreciated.
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