Fin...For Now

I just finished a rewrite of Where Are You Seventeen? and it feels...okay. I mean, yes, it's very rewarding to finish something but there is that nagging feeling that it's never really done. So here is the ??? draft of this screenplay. I hesitate to put a number on it at this point because in a lot of ways it seems that the drafts before were really just one big messy draft. If anything, this could be considered a second draft. I had structure issues with the last one and that was the goal of this draft, to make it an actual screenplay not a collection of scenes. So mission accomplished. A lean 109 pages.

Now the real work begins. I'm going to let this draft sit for a little while so I can go into the next one with some perspective and freshness. It's going to need it. I know there are problems. Holes that need to be filled. Scenes that need work for it to make sense to someone other than myself. Maybe I shouldn't be so hard on myself and just accept this small victory on the screenwriting battlefield. For now I will celebrate...progress bar full!