Week One Checkup

Here’s where I am on last week’s goals:

• 8-10 Structure Outlines - Yeah, that didn’t happen. Particularly the two “outside the box” and the experimental one. But honestly, I knew it was lofty. I’m happy with the 4-5 I’ve got to work with this week. 

• Blog Posts – 4/5. That’s fine. Fridays should be off anyway – there’s no sense in being fanatical. (FYI – I’m at 360 page views this week.) 

• 20 Hours in the Room – Check. And then some. (Some days I did better than others about leaving the phone OUTSIDE the Writing Room. )

• Fun After Each Completed Day – Check. I had a pretty fun week. Some interesting developments in life. 

• Gym Every Day – Check. At least the days I was working and not on the road. 

• Dancing – Check. Our song list this week was, Juke Box Hero, Ballroom Blitz, Run Joey Run, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,  and Missionary Man. 

• Screenwriting – Check. I’m about 18 pages in on the scene-by-scene adaptation. (End of Chapter 2 - this is going to be a long screenplay)

Goals This Week

• Flesh out two full outlines. I really need to know by the end of this week that I have an outline that will allow me to begin the first draft of Act One on Feb. 1.  So far, I’ve been doing very loose outlines, but this week I have to start deciding which story threads stay and which go. Not very fun work. 

• 4 Blog posts – Just something every day (except Fridays). 

• Screenwriting – I’d like to get through “Part One” of the book – which is basically the point up to when Macy arrives.  But, the screenwriting is a secondary goal… I have to be careful that I don’t get sucked into it because it’s easier than the playwriting part. 

• Keep the same office schedule.  If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. 

• Keep up with the songs – It’s nice when one strikes.  Today was – Cotton-Eyed Joe.

            Subgoal – Figure out how to post videos within the blog for easier viewing.  (That was easier  than I thought.) Enjoy...

• Read 2 plays. Last week I did Our Town and August: Osage County 

• Gym – Every day I write/read, I workout. Period.          

              Subgoal - Limit Ding Dong intake to THREE times this week – instead of daily, as was the case last week.  There’s a little store RIGHT outside the gym and it’s so unfair!

Reading the rest of the day, then gym… then burgers, then wine… Happy Monday! (No Ding Dongs!)