I finally learned it's best to take a step back from what I'm writing and give myself time to separate my brain from it so I can come look at it with a fresh attitude. So I'm doing one more red-pen pass on Porno Manifesto as I ride down to NYC on the train, tomorrow, then I'm shifting focus to working on artwork to back up the reading of The Alice '65. I'm in a sleeper so I'll have privacy and a table, and I've got my pencils out and a fresh sketchpad, so I should be set.
I managed to cut one whole page out of PM, so it's now 119 pages long instead of 120. Woohoo. And I've done some rearranging of the story's points. This last pass is just to make certain everything is where it needs to be. There's some voice-over, where Alec explains things, here and there...and I do a round-about opening where I start with the bashing, go back to the night before, then return to the bashing after adding some context...but overall it's a straight shot from beginning to end.
I don't see it happening, but wouldn't it be funny if this attitudinal script is the one that gets made?
I've decided to use Arnaud Dehaynin as the image for Alec, even though he's not blond. He's attractive enough to be wanted by a gorgeous guy like Alec's ex, Woody, but off-beat enough to think he's not good-looking enough for him. And I indicate throughout the story that Alec works out. So we'll see how it goes, in the morning.
I watched the first episode of Vera, again, as I ironed clothes. It's not the greatest mystery story, but the chemistry between Brenda Blethyn and David Leon is amazing. When he left, the show lost a lot of its heart.
Of course, it's possible he was let go after the fourth series. Because something I noticed was, in the title credits in the first 4 series, his name was part of the title sequence, after Brenda's. Beginning with series 5, the only actor whose name was in the title sequence was hers.
A lot can be read into little details like that, and I do love to read...
I managed to cut one whole page out of PM, so it's now 119 pages long instead of 120. Woohoo. And I've done some rearranging of the story's points. This last pass is just to make certain everything is where it needs to be. There's some voice-over, where Alec explains things, here and there...and I do a round-about opening where I start with the bashing, go back to the night before, then return to the bashing after adding some context...but overall it's a straight shot from beginning to end.
I don't see it happening, but wouldn't it be funny if this attitudinal script is the one that gets made?
I watched the first episode of Vera, again, as I ironed clothes. It's not the greatest mystery story, but the chemistry between Brenda Blethyn and David Leon is amazing. When he left, the show lost a lot of its heart.
Of course, it's possible he was let go after the fourth series. Because something I noticed was, in the title credits in the first 4 series, his name was part of the title sequence, after Brenda's. Beginning with series 5, the only actor whose name was in the title sequence was hers.
A lot can be read into little details like that, and I do love to read...
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