Write Write Write

To recap: when I started programming and directing the animated pilot episode, I had already written 6 first-draft episode scripts comprising season 1, and edited the pilot script into something like a 5th draft. My next task has been revising the episode 2-6 scripts to lock them in before recording and directing the rest of the episodes. 2 and 3 are pretty much done, and we’ve held online table reads for patrons.

The latest news: I’ve been writing a lot! I had almost finished my second draft of Episode 4 when I realized I needed to restructure it completely—So I kept the parts that worked well, and wrote a third draft! My private writing critique group has read that draft and given me a lot to think about (But they liked it)! When I write a fourth draft, we’ll have a table read.

Now I’m working on episode 5, which is getting an ambitious all-new main plot so I had to re-outline the whole thing! I did this using a tried-and-true method: index cards. You can see here the bigger A plot and smaller B plot below it. There are a ton of cards, so this draft is probably going to come out long and need to be cut a lot (a good problem to have)!

I took this photo from as far away as possible so hopefully you can’t zoom in and spoil the whole thing for yourself. You might strain your eyes trying—don’t blame me if you do!