I went and did it...........

[uncle_al]

When I was younger, I could sit in front of a typewriter all day and hammer out 10 or 12 pages. I don't even attempt that any more. I prefer less pages now, GOOD pages that take less correcting. It could be that the brashness of youth has been replaced by a more cerebral upper middle age citizen. Or, maybe I'm getting lazier.

I try to work two or three hours a day... usually after dinner, before I go to bed, since that's when I have the most time and attention.  (I, too, have the ubiquitous "honey-do" list.)
It's been a little hard the past couple of weeks, with my 86-year-old mother-in-law in and out of hospital, trying to take care of some other things coming up (see the thread in "My Projects" for the official announcement), and trying to keep my feet on the floor, my head in the clouds, my nose to the grindstone, and my ear to the ground.
Makes for an interesting job for my chiropractor...

Cheers!
Al B.

[Chuck58]

I have the advantage of time, most days anyway. Even retired, there are honey-do things to intrude.

But, I work at least a couple of hours a day or 5 pages, whichever comes first. I haven't managed 5 pages yet.

On a novel, I try to get 5 pages in the same couple or three hours. That 5 pages, too, has never been met.

When I was younger, I could sit in front of a typewriter all day and hammer out 10 or 12 pages. I don't even attempt that any more. I prefer less pages now, GOOD pages that take less correcting. It could be that the brashness of youth has been replaced by a more cerebral upper middle age citizen. Or, maybe I'm getting lazier.

[StewBrain]

I bought this a year ago and am very pleased and impressed.  Also a little embarassed as my motivation for writing died (new job completely unrelated and working 70+ hrs. a week), before I had a chance to really explore it and am surprised to hear about some of the features on this thread.  I finally went down to my storage unit and re-installed it on my computer last week.

If I can blow $50 bucks in a weekend swilling beer and hot wings, $175 bucks for advancing my aspirations of being a screenwriter, is nothing in comparisson.

[Chuck58]

The bonus stuff is very good. The 400 scripts is excellent and a time saver. You just open one, import it into MM6 and it's all formatted and ready to read. There's also a long interview with screenwriter Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby, Crash and others) that's worth listening to. Michael Hauge's class, 3hrs of which is on a CD ought to be good. I haven't listened yet. All the included package is worth the extra $20 bucks in my opinion.

Plus, you get MM6 which, in my opinion, makes that other big name seem Stone Age. I think I mentioned, it also has Novel, Comic Book, and other templates included.

[robogabs]

Thanks. The bonus stuff makes it even more worthwhile.

[Chuck58]

http://www.screenstyle.com/movscreen.html

Internet download only is $159.95.

If you want to download plus get the CD and other stuff mentioned in the ad, you can get it for $179.95. I downloaded MM6 from the site and got the CD mailed to me. Even at $180 bucks, it's still cheaper than just the MM6 alone from some places. The extras come on 3 CDs, plus the MM6 CD, a learn MM6 CD which is nice, and a manual.

So far, in roughly 12 - 14 hours of operation, not a single problem. What I find nice is that everything seems to be well thought out, rather than cobbled together like another very popular program, which I also have and will keep, just to remind myself that even I do occasionally make mistakes.

[robogabs]

Where did you buy it from, Chuck? I've been thinking about it for some time.

[Chuck58]

I bought Movie Magic 6 at Screenstyle.com. It was the best deal I found after a not very long search, and came with several extras that might come in handy. I broke down and ordered it early last week and it got here a couple of days ago. One nice thing. Among the other things, it comes with 400 movie scripts on a CD, text format, that can be moved and correctly formatted into MM6. I've checked out several.

It's been stable in the 8 or 10 hrs I've run it (not a major test) and is so featured filled that Final Draft is Stone Age by comparison. To my delight, it also contains a Novel template that puts Word to shame. I've typed in a few pages of a novel I'm working on. I may not open Word again.

The price, $159.95 Internet download (without extras), or $179.95 price for CD and the many extras, postage free if you choose US Postal Service.

http://www.screenstyle.com/movscreen.html