100 Words - Marty Madden on The Grind

Marty Madden is a professional screenwriter based in Malibu, California. His credits include the thriller INCIDENT AT HAYSTACK LANDING for FOX TV and is currently developing a romantic comedy set in the world of wheelchair ballroom dance for Lifetime Television.

THE GRIND

Okay!  Let’s do this thing!

Hmmm … Ahhhh … . Pssssstttt … 100 words?!  Is he insane?!  Does he know how hard it is to write something that short?!! …

Hmmmph.   Maybe my laundry’s done….

No!  Focus, man!  Focus!  Like a camera.  Zoom in.  Zooooom.  Zooooooom.  ZAM!  BAM!

BATMAN!  Still think about Julie Newmar in that cat suit… .

STOP IT!  Okay…Just THINK.  What’s the opening image?  Just get it down on the page….

Mist. 

Hey!  That’s good.  Coming from … a steaming hot cup of … .

Wonder if I could get to Starbucks before I have to go to the gym… .

NO!  BAD!  BAD WRITER!  STOP IT!

Come on!  You’ve done this before!

It can’t be that hard.

Just let it all go.

Just for an instant.

And step into the void.

Ahhhhhhhhh.