FREEZE BRAIN!

When my son eats ice cream too fast, these are the two words he shouts out in pain. Sometimes I think I should shout "FREEZE BRAIN!" when I have too many tempting options before me and too little time to do any single one. Take writing this blog for example. After a steady stream of postings, this is the first item for October. Why the delay? Many things contributed to the lag: work (the ol' day job), film research (on no less than 3 projects), and family (of course).

But now I'm back and using this time to map out what's next. I've done a rough outline for a screenplay that is hanging fire with an online writing group. I have one unfunded documentary in the works with one interview set up for early November. I have one doc project actively being pitched and another in the early stages of research. Choices, choices.

It seems whenever I get going on my dramatic screenplays, a bolt of lightning strikes me about some doc project. Why IS that? Is this some subconscious means of diverting attention from the screenplay? Is it procrastination? Is it simply a lack of focus and resolve on my part? I don't know, but the ideas that hit me while I'm not thinking of the other projects are always top notch. Why complain?

But I digress. So the Freeze Brain concept has me in its grasp. I have so many wonderful projects to attack at once, but I know working on one too long delays the forward motion of the others. God, I wish I had money to bring on an assistant to work on these other research ideas so I can finish one first. Hmm. Maybe a college intern? Not a bad idea.

OK. That's enough for now. I've gotta get back to work.