Frenzied Scripting: The PLAN!!!

Not much in the way of excerpts to share from tonight's writings. Here, though, is the current outline for your perusal:

ACT I

I. NOLANI

1. The Mage is recruited
2. Credits
3. The Mage is trained
4. The Mage escapes
5. The Charm
6. Leap into the unknown

ACT II

II. RIVERBANK

7. Along the Riverbank
8. Stealing clothes
9. The Hunt begins

III. 1st VILLAGE

10. On the Road
11. The 1st Village
12. The Princess Arrives
13. Flee from the Captain
14. Looking for a place to Stay

IV. DOLLMAGE

15. Enter the Dollmage
16. A good night's rest
17. On the Hunt
18. The fight with the Dollmage
19. Saved by the Captain
20. Into the night

V. CAPTAIN

21. Gathering supplies in the 2nd Village
22. Meet the Cavalier
23. The Princess is intrigued
24. A cunning plan
25. Fight with the Captain
26. Run away!

VI. REBELS

27. The night after
28. The morning after
29. The Rebel Hideout
30. The PLAN
31. Slipping away in the night


ACT III

VII. DOLLMAGE AGAIN

32. The long walk
33. The bride is here
34. Ambush!

VIII. THE BARON'S

35. Claiming a reward
36. In the dungeon
37. Being prepared
38. An anxious bride
39. The Rebels storm the castle!
40. Saving the Mage
41. The Princess is rescued?
42. The last fight with the Dollmage
43. Enter the Bladedancer
44. Fight with the Bladedancer
45. Escape!

IX. OUTRO

46. The docks
47. On the boat
48. Credits

Um, spoilers?

As you can tell, I break it into chapters just to make it a little easier to deal with. They're pretty organic, though. One flows into the next fairly well, as do the act breaks. And each individual title above probably includes more than one scene in and of itself – different locations, reactions inside the building to what's happening outside, that sort of thing. I've worked and reworked these various moments so many times that I don't need to bother with that in this kind of general outline. But the expanded version, the template embedded in the script itself, is much more detailed.

For example, the first “chapter”, in my script, features a good 15 scene breaks even though the outline only makes note of five (Not including the credits.), like this:

Act I.

I. Nolani

INT. MANHILM MANOR - NIGHT

EXT. MANHILM MANOR - cont.

INT. MANHILM MANOR - cont.

INT. MANHILM MANOR - cont.

EXT. MOUNTAIN PATHS - DAY

EXT. NOLANI - DAY

INT. NOLANI BASEMENT - DAY

INT. NOLANI LAB - DAY

INT. NOLANI BARRACKS - DAY

INT. NOLANI BASEMENT - DAY

INT. NOLANI LAB - DAY

EXT. NOLANI COURTYARD - DAY

INT. NOLANI BARRACKS - Cont.

INT. NOLANI COURTYARD - Cont.

EXT. NOLANI TOWER - Cont.

Each one of those has at least a few notes about characters and the general direction of the scene, of course.