J. B., what you're experiencing is what I call the Act Two Blues.
You get the idea for a story. It's exciting, all fresh and new.
J. B., what you're experiencing is what I call the Act Two Blues. It's a natural phenomenon in the page-writing part of the process.
You get the idea for a story. It's exciting, all fresh and new.
You write Act One. The excitement level is still there, perhaps waning just a bit.
Then Act Two. This part of the story-crafting process is almost always the most challenging stage. There are SO MANY CHOICE you can make. It's a struggle. What began as pure excitement is now a slog.
We begin to doubt ourselves. The Voices of Negativity creep in and soon we hit the blues.
My only advice is this: Finish it. Get to Fade Out. Until you do, you don't have a story. Conversely, when you get to Fade Out, you *will* have something tangible. You'll know so much more about your characters and your story than you do right now.
And if you give up, you'll never know if this flawed first draft would have become the first step toward a script which is a winner.
Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpIdTvoaubM
Words of inspiration from Annie Lamott: Shitty First Drafts.
A mantra for you: "The only way out is through."
I encourage you to keep writing ... get to Fade Out ... you can do this!