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Script Frenzy Week 4: Finding my second wind (and the finish line)

Matthew Arnold Stern — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:10:41 +0000

I found a solution to my “script is finished, but I have less than 20,000 words” problem. When I looked at my script, I found that there were some scenes I could add. I also added one more musical number. Those changes took me over the 20K mark. Once I was able to get my …

Script Frenzy Week 3: Script Frenzy, We have a problem

Matthew Arnold Stern — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:37:51 +0000

For me, Script Frenzy really has been a frenzy. I’ve spent almost every free moment on my script. And three weeks in, I now have a completed draft. I spent 20 days creating a script for a musical that has been germinating within me for the past 21 years. The problem is that after I’ve …

Script Frenzy Week 1: OK, so I cheated

Matthew Arnold Stern — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:08:45 +0000

Confession: I started my script for Script Frenzy on May 29 instead of June 1. When I started coming up with ideas for my play, I couldn’t get them to stop. Ideas are like the phlegm that I had from this weekend’s cold – when you have them, you just have to cough them up. …