𝓝𝓪𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓮 𝓦𝔂𝓷𝓷  💎

Even when I'm being efficient a script usually takes four full work days to complete. My scripts lately are around 5000 words. And they're full of jokes. Jokes take the longest to write because to actually be funny a joke usually has to be rewritten 4 or more times.

And yes I generally write the script after I've already bought the costume and set pieces. That means I have to write for the costumes rather than costume for the script. It's totally backwards, but I'm on a tight production schedule so we're stuck with it.

As I'm finishing the script I'll generally get in touch with @zoeblade or anyone who's working on music and tell them what I need. They then have to produce that in the same insane timeframe I'm on.

When the script is done I will go over it with a close friend or two, lately with Theryn, who's become a close creative adviser. She'll suggest word choice changes, extra jokes, the removal of boring or pointless passages.

When the script is done I start building sets. Hanging wallpaper, moving furniture around, hanging curtains and pictures, testing out different lighting. I'll also do remaining wardrobe work: styling wigs, making nails (fancy ones I'll have ordered earlier from @willowfinn).

On a day of shooting I'll generally wake up around noon, set up the camera, microphone, lights, do test footage. Then eat dinner and take a shower. In the evening I basically get into drag, which takes me 2+ hours because I'm bad at it. Usually I start filming around midnight.

I finish filming around 4 or 5 AM and go to bed. To film my last vid, I repeated that schedule six or seven days in a row. I do it totally alone, I have no help. It's all powered by crates of energy drinks and EDM megamixes. It gets lonely. But sometimes it's also very fun.

By the time filming is done, I've generally been working on the video for at least two weeks. Time to edit. That's usually about four consecutive 16 hour days. I do it almost all myself. (Theryn's a better audio editor than me, has started doing some of that)