Day 6 – Breaking the habit
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With 5 days down, are you settling into the rhythm nicely?
You may even think that it’s all too easy. Are you even learning anything? You’re just reading and copying! Do I need a course for that?
Easy, tiger… If you’re settling into cruise speed, that’s a great thing.
Perhaps you can still improve your focus and effectiveness in the area of timing and efficiency?
Can you get all the work done in 22 minutes?
You’ll need that effortless rhythm for what is coming…
Soon, you’ll start processing the results of your reading.
And that’s where the first big challenge will kick in.
When you synopsise a feature film, you’re effectively learning about structure – intuitively.
Without a basic understanding of structure, you won’t be able to write an effective synopsis.
More importantly: as you repeat the exercise, your innate understanding of structure will improve – exponentially!
Does this satisfy your concerns – for now?
Today we won’t do any Forgery. Instead, we’re looking back at the notes we’ve made over the past five days.
So grab your Script Journal for today’s first task.