January 31, 2008
Back from Away
I was missing from here for a bit while we went there, but now we’re here again. :) Went to the movies a bit - tried to watch Beowulf, but sadly it wasn’t something I could get into. I left, in fact, and went to the next-door theater and watched August Rush. The writing was execrable but the music was good, so there’s that. Then on another night, I saw Sweeney again, and this time, I sang. Softly, but I did my sing-along as there were only a few people in the theater. I was so glad I went again.
Interesting experience - I’ve been having difficulty with the tone on the WIP. I want it to be sarcastic and funny and hot, but it just isn’t clicking. So I dug out a copy of an older Temptation of mine called HOT AND BOTHERED. It was as if I was reading someone else’s book. I have almost no recollection of writing the words. It was a good thing to do as it has exactly the tone I’m after, so we’ll see if I can still write like that. Oh, and how very much I wanted to do another edit, even though I’m pretty pleased with how the book read. It’s hard to read older stuff.
Now it’s crunch time on the book, so I’m going to be setting timers and meeting page counts and deeply immersing myself in the world of the page. I’ve still got three RITA books left to read, so I need to finish those.
And I got new glasses. I adore them. They’re different. And kind of purple.
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Sometimes I have to re-read my own work, too, just to get my voice back. It usually helps a lot. Sometimes, too, I simply have to let go because I’m trying too hard, and that’s blocking my voice.
February 10th, 2008 at 1:18 pm