The Beginning of the End...

...of the semester, that is.

We only have two weeks left of class, and it's winding down quickly..

The other day I sat and thought about how much I've written this semester, and I realized it's been a lot.

My first draft of my feature was 140 pages, and I rewrote basically the entire thing. I cut it down to 122, though, and I know I can cut some more out of it, so I'm right on for page length. I simplified it a lot, and I'm very excited about it.

Then I did a rewrite of my script that was 120 pages, and I had to rewrite a lot of scenes in that, and I cut it down to 104 pages. I'll add a few more in this final rewrite before it's due on the 9th, but that's perfect length for me, too.

So maybe I've done more cutting than writing!

Well, not really, but it seems like it. It's a joint process I guess.

Anyway, I've done all that, plus D1 revisions (which are short, but still...) and I've written a novel on my own. I'm around 1300 words from my 50,000 word NANOWRIMO goal, and I'm very excited. I've never written this much in my life, and I love it. I'm really happy.

This semester's been great. I think I'm coming out of it with a lot of really good stuff.

I love my revision of Beyond the Bookshelf and I can't wait to send out query letters to producers and send the script to contests over Christmas break. I feel really strongly about it, and I feel like I should get the ball rolling soon. Because why not? So wish me luck that someone will at least want to read it.

Fingers crossed.

But yeah, we're really winding down. I'm trying to finish all of my drafts this week, because Mike is coming on Tuesday! So I'll have that whole week that he's here to just hang out.

And then after that, at the very end of the semester, is the D1 screening! I haven't watched any of the edited final products, so I'm really excited to see them. It's going to be super weird! But I'm really happy. It should be a lot of fun.

But anyway, my brain and eyes are fried a little from looking at the computer screen all day. But that's what I'm up to now.

In worse news, it's been nearly one year since I went to London. How did that happen?