I have my decade-old manuscript open on my laptop, so the first thing I see when I lift the lid is the last thing I wrote. And this is what greeted me today:
The polka-dotted loin cloths and cave girl outfits did not disappear, but Bob did.
Seeing that sentence amuses me and makes me excited about working on this new/old book. Not excited enough to actually write, you understand, but enough to keep me thinking about writing. Still, any kind of excitement when it comes to my writing is a good thing.
Actually, I have been writing a few words each day — nothing immortal, just brief bits to connect stray scenes. Much of what still needs to be written are the day-to-day activities of the characters, with enough interaction between the secondary characters and the hero so you get to understand them and their group roles and perhaps care when they meet their ignominious end.
After that, there is the whole last part of the book where the characters that remain find a place to settle down before they are whapped with one final horror.
But, until then, a whole lot of daily details need to be written. Thousands of words worth.
You never know — I might actually write a few of those words today.
Well, perhaps later.
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Pat Bertram is the author of the suspense novels Unfinished, Madame ZeeZee’s Nightmare, Light Bringer, More Deaths Than One, A Spark of Heavenly Fire, and Daughter Am I. Bertram is also the author of Grief: The Great Yearning, “an exquisite book, wrenching to read, and at the same time full of profound truths.” Connect with Pat on Google+. Like Pat on Facebook.
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March 8, 2018 at 5:46 pm
Polka-dotted loin cloths! Ha! That must’ve been some party.
At any rate Pat, I hope you are able to write those words. Because this sounds like an interesting novel.
March 9, 2018 at 4:41 pm
Lol!
March 9, 2018 at 8:15 pm
By the time I finished editing old scenes yesterday I realized I need to re- exit and add new scenes. But today was time to catch up on other stuff. Now I’m eagerly awaiting writing time next week.
March 9, 2018 at 8:15 pm
Love those polka dotted loin cloths though 🙂
March 10, 2018 at 10:13 am
I’ve so enjoyed talking writing with you — I like that we’re mostly in the same place with regard to our new/old manuscripts. Makes working on such an old project seem less silly.