Writing is bullshit...
A few years back I took the decision to take my writing seriously, and that may have been one of the biggest mistakes of my life. While I accept that my writing is much better than it was way back then as a result of this study, I think I may have a nervous breakdown.
I have just spent hours trying to format a script in Word, and maybe I am too stupid to get it or something, but it's not working and I feel like I just wanna cave someone's face in with a mallet now! How the hell do people do this shit for a living without killing someone?!
What gets me is it's not the writing that kills me, it's the namby pamby formatting issues that are driving me fucking crazy. I just want this to be over! I think after my degree is finished I am making a deal with myself to never write a script again unless I have a copy of Final Draft (no prizes for guessing that right now I don't) otherwise I am sticking to prose.
Aaaaaarrggghhh!!!! Why did I think taking writing seriously was a good idea?! It has turned one of the few things I do that a love into a total fucking head fuck!! Fuck! Fuckety fuck fuck!!!!!
....
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!
A few years back I took the decision to take my writing seriously, and that may have been one of the biggest mistakes of my life. While I accept that my writing is much better than it was way back then as a result of this study, I think I may have a nervous breakdown.
I have just spent hours trying to format a script in Word, and maybe I am too stupid to get it or something, but it's not working and I feel like I just wanna cave someone's face in with a mallet now! How the hell do people do this shit for a living without killing someone?!
What gets me is it's not the writing that kills me, it's the namby pamby formatting issues that are driving me fucking crazy. I just want this to be over! I think after my degree is finished I am making a deal with myself to never write a script again unless I have a copy of Final Draft (no prizes for guessing that right now I don't) otherwise I am sticking to prose.
Aaaaaarrggghhh!!!! Why did I think taking writing seriously was a good idea?! It has turned one of the few things I do that a love into a total fucking head fuck!! Fuck! Fuckety fuck fuck!!!!!
....
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!
spamtwo:
How much are you trying to format?
anguz:
A fair chunk. Just doing my own pseudo-format now though, which is what I was trying to do to start with. I'm past caring if it is spot on or not, and I'm fairly sure my tutors are so inept they won't even notice if it's wrong anyway.