Day Two which is Actually Day One
So Krissie got here this morning and we finally had a chance to talk about D&G. We decided to do an act a day and then print out what we had and read it to each other to get a finished draft. Which means today we had to do the rewrites on Act One. Then we got distracted by talking and DVDs, so tomorrow we’ll do the rewrites on Act One. Sometime in there.
But among other things, we decided the dogs needed a much bigger role. And that we had to remember this is a romance novel and stop getting so caught up in Mesopotamian politics (okay, Hittite politics) which is my fault.  So we did get a little done today. And MUCH more tomorrow. When somebody else will be making the blog entry.
Oh, and we baked cookies and fed them to Krissie, so that’s covered.
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Yay cookies!
Cookies are certainly excellent - I’m so glad for the safe arrival and that progress has already been made.
Have a wonderful time!
It’s fascinating to hear about your process. Thanks for sharing it. And the fact that three people can manage to come up with a great draft in six days gives me hope for my own rewrites. They always feel like they take forever, but I think that’s just because I keep procrastinating on them.
Can you just stick with them being mesopotamian? I like saying Mesopotamian better than Hittite.
You can revoke my anthropolgy minor if you like.
I like the idea of more roles for the dogs tho.
Try singing “We’re the Hitt-iiiii-ites”. Not as catchy a tune. Some how I doubt I’ll be singing that version for weeks on end.
Have fun expanding the dogs roles.
This is not just a romance novel - it’s a cracking good story and I want more of the politics. Romance is so much more satisfying if there’s some real heft to the cultural background.