Chapter Progress

An updated list of in-progress Fanfics with partially-done chapters... and the specific chapter:

• "Phil of the Jedi" - Chapter 5
• "A Mix-Up at Sea" - Scene 2
• "Peter Pan: A Retelling" - Chapter 8
• "Carols of Christmas: A Dickensian Tale" - Chapter 23
• "The Lost Episode of The Hillywood Show: Psycho" - Chapter 10
• "From the Mission Files of Agent P" - Chapter 3
• "Inspector Gadget 3" - Chapter 7
• "Foster's Theatre Episode 2: The Odyssey" - Scene 1
• "The Chronicles of Stuff" - Poem 2: The Dawn Treader
• "The Hidden History of Hogwarts" - Chapter 7

Future chapters for "Carols of Christmas: A Dickensian Tale" (still in the planning phase, mild spoiler alerts):

• 1 - 2 chapters narrated by the Ghost of Christmas Past (spoiler: {possibly} one or two with the trial)
• 1 chapter narrated by Little Fan (spoiler: one with Fred)
• 1 chapter narrated by Bob Cratchit (spoiler: one about his children)
• 2 chapters narrated by Jacob Marley (spoiler: one with Dora, one with his brother-in-law)
• 1 chapter narrated by Bennett, the friend of the Ghost of Christmas Past (spoiler: one with Jeanie and Christmas Past)
• 1 chapter narrated by the Ghost of Christmas Future (spoiler: one sort of explaining his Grim Reaper-ish look)

One chapter with the Ghost of Christmas Past is currently being written.

Newest version of my survey

All right, I'll admit I did quite a bit of editing to this. I deleted the old version and revamped it to just use the questions about the stories I already have finished or in-progress.

Carols of Christmas: A Dickensian Tale (The Music)

Just in case you're wondering, here's the list of songs I used as chapter intros:

1. "Intro" from the Sleepy Hollow soundtrack by Danny Elfman (though it's not actually stated in the story; I just added this to my Spotify playlist to fill the Chapter 1 space because it's cool and it seems to set the mood for the intro chapter)
2. "Epiphany" by Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (with a few spoken lines by Jamie Campbell Bower and Helena Bonham Carter early in the song, though not in the section I used)
3. "Fidelity" by Regina Spektor
4. "Mighty Fine Blues" by Eels (featured in the Holes soundtrack)
5. "Laughing With" by Regina Spektor
6. "Endless Night" by Jason Raize in Disney's The Lion King on Broadway (with the musical's ensemble later in the song)
7. "Beautiful World" by Devo
8. "Magic Moments" by Perry Como (featured in the 2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy soundtrack)
9. "Folding Chair" by Regina Spektor
10. "Ruby Tuesday" by The Corrs, featuring Ron Wood
11. "Like Whoa" by Aly & AJ (or 78violet)
12. "The Call" by Regina Spektor (featured in the 2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian soundtrack)
13. "In Dreams" by Edward Ross (featured in "The Breaking of the Fellowship" in Howard Shore's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack)
14. "Only Time" by Enya
15. "Us" by Regina Spektor (featured in the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack)
16. "Into the West" by Annie Lennox (featured in Howard Shore's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King soundtrack)
17. "1,2,3,4" by Plain White T's
18. "Silence" by Aly & AJ
19. "Edit" by Regina Spektor
20. "Go Figure" by Everlife (featured in the Go Figure TV movie soundtrack)
21. "Almost Seems (Too Late to Turn)" by Clannad
22. "Slow Me Down" by Emmy Rossum
23. "When the Stars Go Blue" by The Corrs, featuring Bono (upcoming chapter)

More about Script Frenzy

Basically, it's an annual thing where you try to write an entire 100-page (at least) script in the 30 days of April.
Here's a better explanation:
http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/eng/whatisscriptfrenzy

My screenplay this year is Bloodlust Sacrifice. It's a horror/fantasy/romance/mixed genre movie where vampires and werewolves fight over a mortal every hundred years to sacrifice for their prosperity for the next century. I'm trying to make it as anti-Twilight as possible.
To say that I can't stand Twilight is an understatement. I only read the books to laugh at how... overdramatic they are.

Boredom as story starters update

Some stories I started out of pure boredom, such as:

• "Guilt" (formerly a one-shot that I hoped to continue past the one-shot stage... but I still have some slight plotline issues)
• "After His Last Case" (originally a one-shot I wrote one night when struggling to sleep, but I wanted to see where it went, so I continued it)
• "Shower Intruder" (I was just bored and thought it'd be funny to write, but I'd been considering writing it for a while)
• "Chem Is Try: A Christmas Carol Spoof" (I was bored in my AP US History class the last day before winter vacation my junior year of high school, so I satirized my chemistry teacher)
• "Curtis Watches TV" (again, I wanted to write something funny while just bored)
• "Fool of a Took" (I was bored one night my first year of college while watching TMZ, and they interviewed Billy Boyd that night, so I was inspired to write this story)
• "Hey Norman" (again, I wanted to write something funny while just bored)
• "Mr. B. and the Motel" (I was wasting time before going to a basketball game in college, but I didn't want to do homework)
• "Paint" (I tuned my friends out one day at lunch in high school to write this... I'm such a bad friend)
• "Snow" (I was up late one Saturday night, but I didn't feel like going to sleep or watching SNL)
• "The Janitor's Name" (another one-shot I wrote one night while trying to fall asleep)
• "Tobias" (I was bored one New Year's Eve while waiting for the Time's Square ball drop and related TV shows to come on, so I decided to start this)
• "Two Brothers, Plus One?" (another one-shot that I wanted to continue if I came up with a solid plot... and now has become a multi-chapter story)
• "Ways to Pass the AP US History Exam" (my friends and I were bored one day during one of the review class periods in AP US History, so they started writing this on the chalkboard, and I copied it down because it was so funny)
• "Tamia" (I'm pretty sure I wrote this out of boredom the same evening as "Mr. B. and the Motel." I had just started the first Crank book, and I was inspired by one of my high school buddies)

FanFic Chapter Progress

An updated list of in-progress Fanfics with partially-done chapters... and the specific chapter:

• "Phil of the Jedi" - Chapter 5
• "A Mix-Up at Sea" - Scene 2
• "Peter Pan: A Retelling" - Chapter 8
• "Carols of Christmas: A Dickensian Tale" - Chapter 23
• "The Lost Episode of The Hillywood Show: Psycho" - Chapter 10
• "From the Mission Files of Agent P" - Chapter 3
• "Inspector Gadget 3" - Chapter 7
• "Foster's Theatre Episode 2: The Odyssey" - Scene 1
• "The Chronicles of Stuff" - Poem 2: The Dawn Treader
• "The Hidden History of Hogwarts" - Chapter 7

Future chapters for "Carols of Christmas: A Dickensian Tale" (still in the planning phase, mild spoiler alerts):

• 1 - 2 chapters narrated by the Ghost of Christmas Past (spoiler: {possibly} one or two with the trial)
• 1 chapter narrated by Little Fan (spoiler: one with Fred)
• 1 chapter narrated by Bob Cratchit (spoiler: one about his children)
• 2 chapters narrated by Jacob Marley (spoiler: one with Dora, one with his brother-in-law)
• 1 chapter narrated by Bennett, the friend of the Ghost of Christmas Past (spoiler: one with Jeanie and Christmas Past)

One chapter with the Ghost of Christmas Past is currently being written.

Script Frenzy! Whoo!