July 21, 2010
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Midnight Mojo
Once you get use to the idea that you control all aspects of time as a writer, page length becomes conquerable. So, what that said, I'm gutting the shit out of Act II. I'll try a non-linear approach...maybe. I pretty much had to get things in order within 60 pages and after so much editing, I'm at 56 pages. Major issue: I didn't cover enough ground. Need to reevaluate the events that take place. Need to take out the damn non-essentials, which is extremely hard to do when I think everything I wrote was gold. Hahah...But that's the writing process... and it's even harder for film because you have little room for idleness. Everything needs to have a reason and it damn sure needs to be entertaining, or else... Not to say that novels aren't like that, but novelist have hundreds of pages to play around with.
I'm still happy with how it's turning out. In a few ways, I'm glad nobody read my first draft because, when I look at it, it kinda hurts my eyes compared to this new creature I'm writing. The only thing that's missing is a phenomenon I like to call "Midnight Mojo". When I was putting in long hours on Microsoft Word for the first draft, I think that was the closest thing to "writing groove" I experienced. It was almost like getting high. The brain starts to do some weird shit at 3AM, but the cool part was that my mind was still active. Add Red Bull and music to the mix and it becomes a party...a solitary party for one, but a party none the less. A bit unhealthy, I'll admit, but it got the job done.
I'm starting to think weather has something to do with it. The first draft had cooler air and I could stay up all night long, if I had to. This summertime heat puts me to sleep---and not in the newborn baby way. More like a dog that's on it's last leg. Tongue hangin' out and all.
Cheers
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Oh, and if you missed it, I posted an excerpt of my script titled "Patient Paranorma". Just go back to the previous entry and you'll see a link to a pdf file. Let me know your thoughts on it.
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I totally get the midnight mojo thing. I do most of my work late at night. At least on the novel. Poetry comes at any time, but the major project seems to be a night time thing. It's lovely.
And sorry for not visiting much lately. Things have been insane for me. I hope to be able to really offer some input, though.
Cheers,
Taylor
I'm really impressed by your progress with this. You're definitely taking it very seriously.
Closest I've gotten to a writer's high was twice in my life. 1st was freshman year of college, stayed up for 24hrs before beginning an English essay. It was interesting, to say the least, but scatter-brained.
Second was in Iraq, while I was working on the Awakening script for my bro. I would stay up late (worked nights) with a could of strawberry fantas or these middle eastern orange sodas called mirinda, throw on some music and just write and write and write. Great for productivity, not so much for quality, but that's what editing is for.
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