my first dramatic writing professor said "writing counts as sitting at the computer for 2 hours even if you don't write anything, because the next day, you probably will actually write."
okay, Dr. Frey: does writing inside your head count if once you're done with your mental outline, you open your Word or Text Edit or a blank Google email form and write your outline, even if you've been working on your mental outline for about 10 days? Dr. Frey would probably say "no." but if one of my assistants asked me that once they sent me actual content, i would say "yes," a mental outline counts.
i must, however, add the caveat that since i now think in shots, not paragraphs, my process has become sort of techie caveman-like. and AD Chris probably will have to rework the outline before he writes the dialogue that he's supposed to fill it in with.
later this weekend, i am recording Nicol Williamson's Hamlet* (1969, with Anthony Hopkins as a very convincing Claudius even though a year younger than his 'stepson-nephew') - i like it a lot, and am going to transcribe my outline while watching it again. thanks for continuing to read us.
*one note, i really like the way they 'show' the ghost in this version - very interesting.
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