Monday from the Cottage of Blog. The coffee's on the water's a little chilly but should warm up soon
I plan on reading the old Romeo vs Juliette today. Yesterday I pulled out all the scenes from the chapters and discovered one scene had 18 pages. It was obviously a full chapter. I'm not sure what to do about that. Maybe nothing. It's long for one scene. On the other hand, maybe 18 pages isn't necessary.
I have some logistics problems with the story. After changine setting character names, I found the characters stuck to their names no matter what I changed them to. I have a horse who's name was Socks. He started out as a dark dapple gray with four white stockings and a blaze. As he grew up, his coat turned white--no socks no blaze. I re-read Black Beauty and thought he'd make a great "Captain." Well? Hah. Lasted a day. I think once a person, even a character in a book is named, you can't really change it. So now that Cassie remains Cassie (pure), and Christian remains Chris (christlike-he was a priest) they will remain. Yes. All of you who will point out that names shouldn't begin with the same letter. I promise you no other character will have a name beginning with C. And I think Cassie and Christian are kind of cute together. Cassie and Chris? Chris doesn't work because he's always been Christian. Maybe he does need another name. Something that states he's his own person and never lets anyone make his decisions for him. Something he did in high school which almost destroyed Cassie. It would go hand in hand with the theme "Things aren't always what they appear" and "don't believe everything you hear"
I'm not happy with the premise. Greed turning to murder leads to self-destruction. Does that happen? Yes. Certainly. But that's more of a minor theme for the villian.
the premise should rest squarely on the shoulders of Cassie and Christian. What does Cassie want to do? Catch a killer. Why? Because it's her assignment. But why else? Because when she gets there she finds --
So, I think the premise should lie with the H/H. And each particular character can have their own themes.
Cassie-I want truth and justice for all because it didn't happen for me.
Christitan- I want to lose myself in academia. Relationships just don't work. At least not for me.
Villain-The world's waiting for me on a plate. All I have to do is snatch it.
Antagonist-My son's can do no wrong. As long as they listen to what I say.
Newlywed Ms. Sandra Bullock will play Cassie. I'm not sure about my hero. I do know Cary Ewles would make a fabulous villian, so I might give him a try for imagery.
Having rummaged through the attic of my files (well, that's the hard-drive) and found the first 7 chapters. Couldn't believe I'd gotten so far. Will sort out what works and doesn't work this morning. Then make an outline.
Have to get to work now. If you want to work with me, you can take the porch. You can watch the boats go by on the lake. It's very inspiring. The weather looks gorgeous.
That's all from the Cottage of Blog where the coffee's always on, and you're always welcome.
Happy reading, writing and revising.
Pat
posted by Unknown at 9:25 AM
1 Comments:
Yeah well--you have to spend some time getting inspired. What was that exercise? Other creative activities?
Pat
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