Going back to an empty page

It has been a while since I last wrote about screenwriting on this blog. October 14, 2006 to be exact. The reasons for that are actually quite simple. I haven't been doing much of it at all lately. In that last post, I mentioned that Ryan and I had taken a break from rewriting Guardian Angels, Inc., a screenplay that we initially started outlining in early December of 2005 and actually started writing in January 2006. Once we finished the first draft of the script in July or so of that year, we took a month off then rewrote it. Neither of us were happy with that rewrite, so we decided we'd do it again.

Nothing came of it. So since September or so, this script has been laying dormant. Gathering dust and weltering away in our memories. Then, for some reason or another, on July 30 of this year, we just decided to pick it up and start writing it again from scratch. As of right now we are about 45 pages into the third draft and are happy with what we've got down on paper so far.

Having gotten back into the rhythm and habit of writing, I wish we never would have taken the break. Ryan has been smart and actually finished a couple of personal projects, while I just let my writing habit break off and begin to die. It's been evident around here too, obviously.

I'm looking forward to typing THE END, and then going over and polishing/reworking the script, but that will hopefully be the end of writing GAI for the foreseeable future (unless, of course, we sell the sucker). It'll be nice to move on to something else. It has been more than eighteen months, after all.