Yo,
If you're curious where I'm currently at, I have the script for episode 19 of Arby 'n' the Chief completed, I just haven't done any recording or editing yet.
You may have seen that episode 11 of Hard Justice has been split into three acts, that's because I'm going to start writing for that series as if it was a half hour drama series for television. Well, 22 minutes technically, minus commercials.
So one act one consists of the teaser part of the episode (such as the patient collapsing in House M.D. or whatever), the title credits then the first part, act two consists of the second part, then act three consists of the third part and the credits. Each act will be about eight minutes, give or take a minute or two, resulting in an episode length of approximately 22 minutes.
This format will result in being able to write a more coherent story as I'll have a wider canvas to work with, and will hopefully turn the series into what I originally intended. 'Cause the way it's going now the plot is all higgledy-piggledy, I just kinda write to keep up with deadlines with no sense of direction.
I was thinking of doing Arby 'n' the Chief this way but then figured it was a bad idea; everyone regards my two-part episodes and cliffhangers to be a total buzzkill. With "Glitch" and "Panic" I couldn't really help it, I wrote it intending for it to only be one episode but eventually I got to a point where my script was too large, I had to cut it in half.
So yeah, I'll probably keep Arby 'n' the Chief to single act episodes, but Hard Justice episodes will now be split into threes.
I noticed "Glitch" got pretty mixed reviews which kind of caught me off-guard, it disappoointed me because I was rather proud of it, but whatever. Those who did enjoy it, I'm glad, those who didn't, I think you'll get a kick out of the next one.
Guess that's all for now.
Thanks,
Jon
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