About to break the 80-page mark on my "shitty draft." Arnie taught me that term, saying its utility is widely recognized. Get words on the page. Don't worry about anything. Fix later. Move forward. I want to have this shitty draft done by the end of January. And then the Great Revision will begin.
Mind you, I still don't have final approval on this project.
Having a hard time working on the more difficult medical scenes and getting a firm idea of my "new" characters, Sean and Declan. Trying to remember how I've gotten to know the core characters better as I've gone, and that the same thing will happen with these two. Seems really hard to condense a medical visit into a scene. I'll hopefully bring the first big Sean-Declan-Jess scene to the January WIP. It will be fun to have a writing workshop with my medical school classmates.
Loving the Woody Guthrie biography. Excellent description of his mother's decline and death from HD, some very dramatic events. His misconceptions about his risk are also interesting, and I'm just getting to the point of his early symptoms.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
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