This is why I do what I do . . .

For the first time in a long time I'm actually terribly excited about a project.

I mentioned it here previously--Face the Day. It's a horror movie about the end of the world as we know it.

I've done the first act and reread it a few times and I think it's really good. Even if it is only a first draft. I'm looking forward to writing several scenes coming up, and what I've done so far reads well and I think sets the appropriate tone. There's a lot of action and a menacing quality with a mysterious threat that demonstrates how effectively nasty it is. Plus, a sympathetic protagonist and an interesting subplot.

For the first time I think I'm writing a horror movie that's really, truly scary.

Yes, I'm excited about it--so much so I sent what I have to a friend for her to read it over and let me know if I'm just imagining things or if it is as good as I think. I never let people read my first drafts, not even my friends. That shows you how excited I am about it.

I have some unexpected, weather-related time off, so I'm going to use that to bang away on this thing some more. I hope to make a good start on act two, and, at this rate, be at the halfway point by next weekend.

Nothing like making progress on something that matters to lift one's spirits.