My first response team

My friend Henry has finished reading the first chunk of LSCTS, and we're meeting Tuesday to talk about it. I don't think Chick Lit is really his thing, but he has excellent instincts, and he's a published poet
, so he's all about words and language. 

Man, I hope he likes it. I didn't realize I was so nervous about it until just now. Yikes!

I've been devoting about an hour a night to editing LSCTS, in bed, in my jammies just before lights out. I'm not making many global changes, which tells me that I'm not doing much more than re-aquatinting myself with my book. It's good when you laugh out loud at your own jokes, right? 

Jeesh, I hope he likes it. 

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grading kills creative energy

Oh, wait. I've complained about this before.

Actually, it isn't even true tonight. I just want to snuggle with my hubby in front of the t.v.

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screnzy logline

Being Dog-- A mysterious hound appears at a suburban dog park and takes specific people to spend an hour as an animal that most suits them until undue attention from the media and a violation of the rules threaten to end the magic.

editing some more

I like editing. It feels good to re-read what I've written and tweak it so it feels better. I like this book, which is a nice realization.

I am a bit concerned about my use of off-color language. I'll have to peek at a few chick-lit books I have lying around to see the level of swear words they use. As I said to a friend, for the first draft, I just let my nasty self off the leash. I knew I could swear like a sailor, but it's still a bit disconcerting to see it in print.

I'm also prowling the Script Frenzy forums trying not to begin writing the script idea I came up with last night. Magic dogs. It'll be a winner.

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Re-writes

Okay, so I am not going to get this first draft up to 80K because I’ve realized that I’m done. I could try to write another 6,000 words to get to 80K, but I think what I’d be writing is filler. I don’t need filler. I need to dig into the book and get it organized and stitched together. All the threads are there, but they are a little tangled since I stopped writing linearly after NaNoWriMo ended.

Besides that, I admit that I am totally distracted by Script Frenzy, which starts on April 1. I’ve currently got four screenplay ideas that I like and all I want to do is write a treatment for each of them before Frenzy starts.

So, that’s it for Liz word count updates. As of April 1, I’ll have page updates for the screenplay for Frenzy.

If anyone is following along, find me at http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/eng/user/421280 , which is my page on Script Frenzy.

That’s all for now.
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Writing Quote of the week

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

Cyril Connolly (1903 - 1974)

boy, howdy.

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Editing!

I have a generous offer to read the first three chapters of my book from a friend I really respect and admire, so I am leaving off the end of the book to give those chapters a quick edit.

A cursory glace tells me that I probably need to get to the meat of the book--the sex strike--before page 50, where it now sits. This is partly because my friend only committed to read thirty pages, and I really want him to get a feel for the main part of the book. I can't see myself editing/moving that section a full twenty pages, but we'll see. Maybe he'll agree to fifty pages. It depends on how much he feels he owes me for a read of his poetry manuscript a year ago.

Another thing squelching my writing is grading. ugh. It's the beginning of finals week, and I am already buried under papers. I've made good progress, but it sucks the life out of me...or at least kills my creative energies.

Finally, Script Frenzy is approaching fast and it has that "new project" smell to it. All I want to do is to write a beat sheet for the ideas I have for screenplays. I think I'll just give a portion of Spring Break to it, though Spring Break for teachers in the quarter system is simply five days to submit final grades prepare for the next quarter...not like there will be oodles of spare time.

At least the personal dramas have quieted. Most everything is fine and well in the world, finally.

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