#IZTDM + #WritersBlock = #notgood

INT. STANLEY'S ROOM - DAY

We see scattered papers. Crumpled. Thrown away. A mess. STANLEY ORR sits at his COMPUTER SCREEN, staring at the blinking cursor.

FINAL DRAFT is open on his computer, and we can clearly see that the script for INVADER ZIM: THE DOOM MOVIE! is pulled up.

A drop of DROOL falls out of STANLEY's near-lifeless mouth.

A beat.

STANLEY

(painful, drawn-out)
Uuuuhhhhhh... ...whhhhyyyyy?

Why can't I think of anything?

He stands up and begins PACING.

STANLEY (CONT'D)

It shouldn't be hard. It really shouldn't.

Zim, Smoots, and Dib are about to face

the Master Control Brain. That's it! All

I need to do is write a stinking battle scene!

(enraged)

WHY IS IT SO HARD?!

Furious with RAGE, he kicks the wall.

Instantly, he's in pain.

STANLEY (CONT'D)
Oww!

He hops once or twice, clutching his foot.

ANGLE ON: STANLEY'S EYES.

Angry. Very angry. We see the COMPUTER SCREEN reflected in his GLASSES.

STANLEY (CONT'D)

Okay, then.

NORMAL SHOT.

He LEAPS into the chair and pulls up stanleydoom.blogspot.com. Quickly, he types a post.

After a while, he re-reads the post. Satisfied with his work, STANLEY leaves the room, shutting the door behind him.

ANGLE ON: THE COMPUTER SCREEN.

We can see the post in full now. It reads:

"Sorry, my friends, but I'm having a bad case of writers block with an action scene in the movie. I'm sure this will be cleared up soon enough, but until then you may not see much online activity from me as I'll be too busy trying to sort this mess out.

"Sincerely,

"Stanley Orr"