Tell me about it! But it's okay, because I'm having lots of fun researching psychedelic shamanism for my next screenplay!

Scott,this is very timely. : p A few people have my last script and I'm looking forward to their response (I'm not bugging them, either -- I don't want to annoy them out of reading it).

Of course, I'm not sitting around doing nothing -- I'm knee-deep in first-drafting another project. Like Rossio says, never wait.

I employ a variation of project stacking myself, and find it's a great technique to maintain ass-in-chair discipline and distract you from any idle waiting you might be tempted to do.

Great post. It will be vital to learn to deal with this for those of us who break in.

Thanks for the link to Rossio's column. As always, he provides great insight into the craft of writing.

Quite true. Everyone reading this who hasn't yet read every Wordplay column should start doing so right now.

It's a free screenwriting course in column form. A must-read!