Earl Grey, Fridge Watch

January 30, 2022 Lehan Edirisinghe

Earl Grey and storytelling classes fed confidence in writing craft. A small soda fight flared, then David Mamet’s dramatic-writing lecture took over

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Neil Gaiman, Quentin Tarantino and Confidence in My Writing

3:45 p.m.

I made Earl Grey Tea.

I am watching Neil Gaiman MasterClass The Art of Storytelling.

I'm on 09. Dialogue and Characters

He talks of how he imbues characters with personality and makes them real

I feel like, when I was watching Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. I felt that my average quality of writing on my Captain's Log, it is comparable, it is good enough or better. It is of a higher quality. Even Aaron Sorkin, his work in The Social Network and I guess, a few other pieces, though I dislike the The Trial of the Chicago 7.

My writing is equal to or comparable.

It's because I learned to write from them, I copied them, i studied what they studied, and i wrote well.

When I saw the cat, with my sister Lehara, she is watching a movie in the living room.

Keeping a watchful eye on the fridge.

I offered to make her some Earl Grey Tea, she rejected, then insulted me

There will always be people like her.

When I asked her for 7 Up.

She said it's not 7 Up.

When I asked for Mountain Dew.

She asks why i want her mountain dew.

I told her...

I want to drink it.

Now, she says I should buy my own.

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When the cats are away

The rat will play

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I am just looking to drink it soon because of the carbonation and fizz

That tends to go away.

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Choosing David Mamet’s Dramatic Writing MasterClass

8:15 p.m.

I am watching David Mamet's MasterClass in Dramatic Writing. I think, better than Dave Sedaris (humor) or even Judy Blume (children's fiction) or Neil Gaiman (story telling), I think my writing will improve this lecture because dramatic writing is what wins Oscars -- I think over 90% of Oscar winners are dramas.

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Classic Films, Script Progress and Preparing for a Pfizer Booster

11:45 p.m.

I like some of the jokes I write into this log. It's quite funny. I find myself laughing myself when I read some of the stuff written.

It's somewhat funny, but I did actually, watch all the old classics, Casablanca, Marked Woman with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, I might look through Prisoner, Have Gun Will Travel and Secret Agent Pat McGoohan.

Jonathan Hirshon likes one of these jokes! : )

In Death Proof, something happens to this blimbo

I can't wait to finish this script up. I am waiting to get Pfizer 3rd jab, after 1st and 2nd AstraZeneca jabs, and then --

I can show Jacques mid Feb to finish it up.

I don't know how, but, the laptop HDMI to TV audio doesn't work often, but then it starts to work mysteriously.

I am just going to see this Django Unchained.

I'll do 10 minutes on my elliptical machine, as I did 20 yesterday.

I am happy to spend most of my inner attention on the script. It's gotta be perfect. I think it outcompetes most of the material out there.

But it's got to be perfected, I think, what gives me an advantage is that usually, directors, they get shown a script, a screenplay of a movie, so, I have this massive advantage, being able to decide what the final product will be.

I also have the benefit of time, so, with 1 or 2 x years, this script was made to look very, very nice, polished and good.

Django Unchained, Oscar Comparisons and Finishing Neil Gaiman’s Class

Monday 31st, January.

12:45 a.m.

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I think if he makes the violence more realistic as opposed to entertaining, then it will be even better than it is.

I hated how cheaply Spielberg exploded a dummy in Saving Private Ryan. He put his whole budget and all his attention into the first opening sequence.

It was why he lost the oscar to Shakespeare in Love.

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I'm going to sleep soon.