It’s May, it’s May, hurray.<\/p>\n
What’s more, I actually met a deadline. I turned in the first draft of my script for episode eight of A GAME OF THRONES to David and Dan on the day it was due. Today, as it happens.<\/p>\n
It’s too long and too expensive, but that’s true of every first draft teleplay and screenplay that I ever wrote. I’ve titled it “The Pointy End,” though I don’t know if that will endure. Last I heard, it hadn’t been decided whether we’d be using episode titles or not.<\/p>\n
One monkey off my back. At least until it’s time for rewrites, and the second draft.<\/p>\n
Other monkeys are still frolicking up there, including Kong. He was a king in his world, but we’ll teach him fear… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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