So close... and yet...

Wrapped up *my* pass at the final scenes of the movie over the weekend.

Basically it encompassed the final battle between our lead, and the lead villain. Epic battle of Tolstoy-esque proportions. It has it all... Kung-fu. Gun-fu. Hedge-clipper-fu. Chainsaw-fu. Lawn-fu. Land Rover-fu.

And not one, but two plot twists.

It was very exciting to actually write "FADE TO BLACK," hit save, and know that the first draft of the first draft was complete.

That is, until Dave takes it and performs Script-fu on it. THEN we'll actually be done with the first draft. First he has to find some time in his currently very full schedule of Paternity-fu to write.

And then the fun really begins.

We'll re-read it, and promptly shred the entire bloody thing to massage it into a decent SECOND DRAFT.

Once that's done, it'll be ready to go to Producer Man, at which point we'll get his notes, thrash it again, and crank out a THIRD DRAFT.

Once that's complete, back it goes. If we're lucky he'll be happy and share it with the MONEY and distribution types (I guess?), who'll probably have their notes, and we'll go in for the FOURTH DRAFT.

That settled, we'll pass it back. The actors will read it, and demand rewrites, necessitating the FIFTH DRAFT.

Hey... waitaminit.

This thing starts shooting in like 6 weeks, last I heard.

We'd better get hoppin'.

Heh. Dave'd better buy some NO-DOZE.

Charlie