For the past 8 months I have slogged away with my to co-writers on crafting an epic comedy. Does it really take 8 months to write a series? Well it turns out that the answer is yes… yes it really does. Well maybe not if you take into the account the amount of time wasted because we all arrived late, or spent 3 hours watching ‘Whose Line Is I Anyway?’ or life tragedies, of which there seems to have been every kind, from medical, to car, to lack of money to the death of a dear friend. We have come so far, but it is easy to see why people give up or not dedicate the proper time in prep. Writing is hard work and preparation to write is fucking hard work.
This week I finished the first draft of the first episode. Episode 2 has a first draft and although we have not read each other’s work there is a sense of accomplishment and a sense that the past 8 months where we fought over story lines and character quirks is really starting to pay off.
Tags: preperation, process, writing
