Daily Affirmation #1
Well, the re-writing continues on. I'm also finding that I'm going to have to double it in length somehow.(Only 46,000 words-210 Pages) Which makes sense. I'm running across things here at chapter 23+ that I should have introduced in the beginning.
One of the biggies:
Giving Jeanette extra dimension. Re-reading it, I didn't like having her as this mute nut-case. It just seemed a little more extreme than the story needed to be. We're also going to be changing her 'getting sick' bit. It was one of those corny bits that just had to go. Maybe she'll go missing--Sloshed and running full tit and minge? And Angelo worries about when she'll return and tries desperately to find her. Something. The key is not to let it get hokey. But still be something that wakes Angelo to his feelings for her. And as we're giving Jeanette extra dimension, I get to go back and address her fixation with 80s culture. Her high school years.
This had recently given me an awesome idea-- We already had the bar called The 8 Ball, but I was considering it's theme and thought what the hell? make it an 80s themed bar. I think mostly I wanted an excuse to revisit my younger days. It'll be fun. But it definately means a lot of new material. As said before-- I should end up with a choice MS if I tend to all the boo-boos and do all the right polishings.
A GOOD attitude about revising. It's what I've needed all along--I've always dreaded revising. I don't know why. It's an especially neccessary part of the writing process.
So there you go. More news on a MS that nobody's ever seen.(Except MacAdam/Cage Publishing and Permanent Press who both rejected the original MS)
Well--
I'm going to clean this bitch up and it'll be "Nertz to those two" for passing on such a great writer as myself.
(I'm not conceited. Just brutally honest)
Now how's that for a daily affirmation?
One of the biggies:
Giving Jeanette extra dimension. Re-reading it, I didn't like having her as this mute nut-case. It just seemed a little more extreme than the story needed to be. We're also going to be changing her 'getting sick' bit. It was one of those corny bits that just had to go. Maybe she'll go missing--Sloshed and running full tit and minge? And Angelo worries about when she'll return and tries desperately to find her. Something. The key is not to let it get hokey. But still be something that wakes Angelo to his feelings for her. And as we're giving Jeanette extra dimension, I get to go back and address her fixation with 80s culture. Her high school years.
This had recently given me an awesome idea-- We already had the bar called The 8 Ball, but I was considering it's theme and thought what the hell? make it an 80s themed bar. I think mostly I wanted an excuse to revisit my younger days. It'll be fun. But it definately means a lot of new material. As said before-- I should end up with a choice MS if I tend to all the boo-boos and do all the right polishings.
A GOOD attitude about revising. It's what I've needed all along--I've always dreaded revising. I don't know why. It's an especially neccessary part of the writing process.
So there you go. More news on a MS that nobody's ever seen.(Except MacAdam/Cage Publishing and Permanent Press who both rejected the original MS)
Well--
I'm going to clean this bitch up and it'll be "Nertz to those two" for passing on such a great writer as myself.
(I'm not conceited. Just brutally honest)
Now how's that for a daily affirmation?
posted by Sonny Shine at 2:38 PM
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