For various reasons, I decided to participate in ScriptFrenzy, which is basically a challenge to write a feature screenplay in a month. In order to meet the goal, you need to write approximately four pages to day.

Eighteen days in, and I'm barely scraping to 19 pages!

I've devoted time to write, but it appears that I'm now writing slower. I lack the ability (did I ever have it? I no longer know) to forge through and just type like a freight train on a downhill run.

Looking over what I wrote, I like what's there so far. I discovered a couple of things that my outline didn't tell me, and I pinpointed character conflict that was too light. I won't make the goal to have a finished script by June 30, but I'm pretty sure the 20 or so pages I will have will provide a bedrock for my story.

If that's what it means to write slower, it's a good thing.