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Set-Up Versus Planning

Set-Up Versus Planning

What’s the difference between setting up something and planning it? The difference is how long it takes to do something, how complicated it is, and what kind of writing it involves. My planning usually involves short stories, while my setups involve my scriptwriting, especially if it’s a television series like Water Wars.

I have been working on my Water Wars scriptwriting project today. So, I have been setting up this Movie Introduction and the first four episodes of this television series. I’m almost ready to start writing my sentences and paragraphs for this project. All I need to do is update the setup for my last three episodes. Then, I will be ready.

What do I mean by this? I have formatted this Movie Introduction and television series so that each part or episode revolves around Chaad, Suuri, or Hoolle. The formatting is the same for all three; only the characters differ. That’s something else that is different about this version of this project.

The old version had one of my three main characters beginning a part or episode and another ending. The advantage of that is that there is no almost double-up. Each character has two Acts before they start and end another one. This new version has them doubling up in the four central Acts for this part or episode.

The Teaser Act and the Tag Act are the same characters, so they can begin and end each part or episode. This is a better version. After all, each part or episode revolves around one of the three main characters for this project. The only other difference I can think of right now is the single scene between the second and third Acts.

What I mean by this is that the last two scenes of Act Two and the first two scenes of Act Three involve the same two main characters, making them have only one scene instead of two between them. Usually, I would have a problem with this and try to come up with another format because of it, but it is only the one time that it happens.

Besides, I’m already doing the same thing with the central acts. The only difference is that one way is for scenes, and the other is for Acts. This version is the version I’m using for the other project I have been working on these last four years, The Final Ritual. I have just been concentrating on this project mainly.

Updating the last three episodes for my paragraph Scene Outlines will take me five to fifteen minutes. Once I have done that, I will be ready to start writing my sentences and paragraphs. I will try to begin with these sentences and paragraphs tomorrow before I return to work, but I may not have the time to do them.

I know my brother and I need to do something tomorrow, and it will take us most of the day. Between what my brother and I need to do tomorrow and my getting ready to return to work, I may not have the time to begin writing these sentences and paragraphs. They may need to wait until I return to work before I can do this.