A quiet mixed week, as I suddenly find myself nearer to 90 than 65.
It's Week 6 officially, but Week 7 is the concluding week of Block One, with Week 8 allocated to TMA 01.
I've been doing several things, including looking at the start of Block Two.
I decided a few days ago that there is nothing in my latest novel worth keeping for this course. So I have finished it, doing all the complicated checks. 'Fatal Accident,' by Stella Scarlatti, my Romance pen-name, is available on Kindle from 1 December.
Mostly, I have been working on the draft for TMA 02, which will be my first Screenplay. It will be an interplanetary Science Fiction story. I have several queries about the process:
- How different can I make my Aliens on a different planet, without straying into Animation?
- How much do I have to leave to the Director?
- Do the descriptions of my Alien species go into the Cast List at the beginning, or when they appear in the script?
- Should scenes be labelled and/or numbered?
- Can I use Voiceover or Subtitles for Alien speech?
- How do I convince the Tutor about running time? Can I time each scene?
I know that I will have a confusing array of options for queries - Tutor Group Forum, Scriptwriting Forum (not yet open,) and Workshops (with limited opening dates.)
I also have to wait, probably at least three weeks for the return of TMA 01.
And, of course, I am working on TMA 03.
Alan
