screenplay simmering

I'm up to 8063 words in my screenplay. I think I can easily reach 10,000 words by the 15th. I'm finding screenplay writing far easier than novel writing, probably because I know so little about writing screenplays and therefore have no fear of writing utter drivel.

Paris When It Sizzles is a great film to watch about writing a screenplay, and perfect for this crazy ScriptFrenzy endeavor. It stars William Holden and Audrey Hepburn. He's a procrastinating, alcoholic screenwriter. She's a typist making a comprehensive study of depravity. They're in a hotel suite in Paris, trying to write his screenplay in two days. Some of the scenes cut to the scenes in the screenplay being acted out. There are some cute references to films she did - notably My Fair Lady and Breakfast at Tiffany's. Noel Coward, Tony Curtis, Mel Ferrar, and Marlene Dietrich make cameo appearances. The screenplay they're writing is hokey, but I think that was intentional (I hope it was intentional). And they had to write their screenplay on a typewriter!

And I LOVE the suit she's wearing in the opening scenes.