Friday, July 19, 2013
Woke up at 5, played racquetball until 6:30, had breakfast, then wrote from 8-4. Got ready for my match at 6 against Alex.
Still revising ZC before moving on to II. Chapters 11-15 are weaker than I'd like. All they need are a few more "spy-in-training" moments and some of the gadgets mentioned in the CIA Trickery book. I'll go over chapters 20-40 this weekend and fit in the re-writes when I can.
I watched a couple of reality tv shows, TLC's Addicted and TLC's Sarah Palin's Alaska, which I didn't realize was produced by Mark Burnett. I'm envisioning a 100,000-word novel for II, or around 400 pages. An easy, entertaining read that's just edgy enough to be topical. We'll see. Reality shows take on a particular form that works very well in a show like Addicted, but not so well in a show like Sarah Palin's Alaska. That show is horribly flat and ultimately very boring. There's nothing boring about Addicted; however, it's very voyeuristic.
Introducing Girls...I'd like to get that the entire revision on paper and get it out there so see if there's any interest. Martin Martinez is such a tough sell, but maybe I should give that work a try, too.
The key to II's success is its structure. I haven't quite figured it out yet and probably won't until a few set pieces are written. The more prepare for it, the more I can't wait to get going on this interesting story.
Played Alex at 6 and beat him 15-4, 15-10. Went over to Alice's after and had R&G Beef. Fell asleep by 10.
Woke up at 5, played racquetball until 6:30, had breakfast, then wrote from 8-4. Got ready for my match at 6 against Alex.
Still revising ZC before moving on to II. Chapters 11-15 are weaker than I'd like. All they need are a few more "spy-in-training" moments and some of the gadgets mentioned in the CIA Trickery book. I'll go over chapters 20-40 this weekend and fit in the re-writes when I can.
I watched a couple of reality tv shows, TLC's Addicted and TLC's Sarah Palin's Alaska, which I didn't realize was produced by Mark Burnett. I'm envisioning a 100,000-word novel for II, or around 400 pages. An easy, entertaining read that's just edgy enough to be topical. We'll see. Reality shows take on a particular form that works very well in a show like Addicted, but not so well in a show like Sarah Palin's Alaska. That show is horribly flat and ultimately very boring. There's nothing boring about Addicted; however, it's very voyeuristic.
Introducing Girls...I'd like to get that the entire revision on paper and get it out there so see if there's any interest. Martin Martinez is such a tough sell, but maybe I should give that work a try, too.
The key to II's success is its structure. I haven't quite figured it out yet and probably won't until a few set pieces are written. The more prepare for it, the more I can't wait to get going on this interesting story.
Played Alex at 6 and beat him 15-4, 15-10. Went over to Alice's after and had R&G Beef. Fell asleep by 10.
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