[271] Words, Please

[filmnoir]

"...conjunction junction/what's your function?..."

I'm very proud in that I managed to write 27 manuscript pages last week. The production came in fits and starts--and that is a concern--but still that is not bad. I managed to start and finish the difficult chapter whose real challenges actually worked themselves out as I was writing it. I'm glad I worked out that initial problem because it made for a better chapter. Because I was on a roll, I ended up a few pages into the next chapter which is one of transition (again) for my main protagonist, the pool hustler.

I did see Friday Letters from Iwo Jima and it is clearly the best film from last year. The acting/writing/direction is brilliant as they are with Flags of Our Fathers but actually a bit more poignant with this film one could say.

Finally, the Colts made it to Super Bowl XLI. So Payton, win this thing and get the sports people to stop talking about the idea of a crowning achievement to your future Hall of Fame career. (Hopefully before he does any more television commercials.)

But then there was weekend music...and it was good » Music Sample-1/20

~avec plaisir~

Comments

[mahala.livejournal.com]

Conjunction Junction!

I loved Schoolhouse Rock. Used to teach the songs to my students. The fact that I can remember them after all this time shows just how effective they were...and whenever I count by threes, I still hear that song in my head...the Math Rock with the football players.

Good work on the manuscript!

[filmnoir6.livejournal.com]

Thanks, mahala! :) So far so good with the writing.

[stefanie-bean.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on making progress with your mss. That's great news.

[filmnoir6.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Stefanie! :) I hope your creative work is coming along well. :)

[eithnepdb.livejournal.com]

I admire you for being able to write a manuscript - I have no idea about these things (technically) so I imagine it to be a huge undertaking - good job ;)

[filmnoir6.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Yeah it is quite an undertaking. Besides the time it's taken to get it all down (almost 3 full years) and page length (~330 written pages), it's hard sometimes to know where the story goes next even with a clear but broad idea already in mind. Just the typing it into a word processing file and subsequent drafts and revision (probably 3-7 more more times to go through finished work) can add 10-12 more months.

[my_daroga]

Good work getting so much done--hopefully I can take a page from your productivity.

[filmnoir6.livejournal.com]

Thanks! You'll get it rolling again, Ms. D. :) It'll probably come out all at once in a burst of creativity.