Procrastination

This is the 7th blog post in my screenwriting series, it all started here   Day 18 -  Wednesday 9:32am I’m having trouble getting moving on the screenplay this morning.  Usually I’m done or almost done by now.  I haven’t even opened Final Draft yet.  I don’t want to. Why?  Don’t feel like it.  It’s snowing outside and I just want to sit by the fire and watch movies all day.  I say to myself, “Sandy, you can write your 900... Read More

The Shittiest Screenplay of Them All, Days 7-11

This is the 4th blog post in my screenwriting series, it all started here my Sundance coffee mug Day 7- 6:30am I woke up thinking I was behind a day in my writing. My house guests left yesterday morning for the airport, but I decided to go skiing and watch movies all day, so no writing for me.  I did a little happy dance this morning when I discovered that in my Master Graph Schedule Thingy I had not scheduled any writing yesterday. Yippeeeee! 10:30am I finally finish the... Read More

Stop Procrastinating

I’m just back from filming in New York for Grandparents.com. If you’re not already a member, sign up now (if you are a Grandparent or if you have a grandparent), there’s tons of cool stuff there and this Fall we’re launching this faaaabulous video journaling project – it’s going to be amazing! Can’t wait for you to see. If you absolutely can not wait one more minute to find out more, you can go watch some behind-the-scenes footage and a video update from me here:New... Read More

Are You Avoiding It?

I’ve done absolutely everything I can today to avoid writing this blog. I’ve balanced all of my bank accounts (even though I recently hired someone to do that for me), I’ve done laundry, returned emails, baked banana bread with my daughter… You name it. The funny thing is, there is no greater sense of freedom and accomplishment than when I press ‘send’ after the blog is written, edited and proofed. It’s the best feeling evaaaah! So why do I avoid it? Today’s... Read More

Mental Masturbation

Is Your Brain Getting Off, but You’re Getting Nowhere? Mental Masturbation and How to Break the Addiction Right about now, you’re either laughing and nodding in recognition or you are completely offended. ~ If you are the former- read on- have I got an ‘a-ha’ for you! ~ If you are the latter, well, what can I say, I’m sorry I’ve offended you, but we’re all adults here. I never thought I’d be writing anything with the word masturbation in it either. I can’t remember... Read More