by Ira | Jul 10, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
I’m wiiiiped. Not exactly what I love writing at 10:30 on a Sunday night, since I usually try to REcharge over the weekend. But, alas…here we are. And it’s great, actually. I got aaallllmost all my shit done today. I just sent off 67 pages to my co-writer, all written...
by Ira | Jul 9, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
Another late night. And it was another movie! This time, it was with bear…we watched the last Bond film. It was…fine. Not great. Definitely wanted to tug some heartstrings that it did not. And that’s always unfortunate. Fukunaga is another one of those directs who is...
by Ira | Jul 8, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
We watched The Lighthouse tonight for the podcast. It was CRAZY. I loved it. Not perfect, for sure, but it promised crazy and it delivered fucking crazy, man. Well done. That’s all I ask for. Next week we’re watching The Thing. Josh knows nothing about it. I can’t...
by Ira | Jul 7, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
Okay. Four days in. That’s how many it took for Ira to not quiiiitteee reach his page count. But you know what that sound is? …nothing. It’s quiet as a church mouse right now, because I ain’t sweating it. That metaphor/sentence has so much wrong with it, but whatever...
by Ira | Jul 6, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
Day 3 of the writestravaganza. Thirty pages in. Things are going well. They should, because openings are rather easy. You know…I’m not concerned about it at all, actually. Lol. Genuinely. I figured out most of the potholes in my outline. I’ve done this a few times,...
by Ira | Jul 5, 2022 | Challenge, Journal
Twenty pages done. Feeling like a rock star. Here’s the thing: it’s going to get harder. Probably several times. I’ll hit a part of the story I thought I had figured out, but realize I didn’t, or what I have doesn’t actually work. And it’s going to get REALLY hard to...
