Archive for the 'Early Drafts' Category
CHAPTER ONE - Scene 1, Shar
Here it is in all its glory, as a reward to you loyal men and women who’ve watched us struggle through the birthing process.
Shar Summer opened the heavy doors to the storeroom of the Summerville College history department, pulled her reluctant black and gray long-haired dachshund into the dim interior with her, and stopped when [...]
CHAPTER ONE - Scene 2, Daisy
Some of you may notice that the man who used to be Jamie is now Noah. It started out as just a need to limit the names with the -ee sound at the end - we had quite a lot - and turned into a new layer of depth on the character. But it’s still [...]
read more...CHAPTER ONE - Scene 3, Abby
Here, you’ll notice how the dog that once was Beastie became Bowser. Another casualty of the -ee sounding names. Still, the heart of the dog is the same. He didn’t much care what we called him, long as he got fed.
Abby took another gulp of temple tonic as she maneuvered her aging station wagon down [...]
First Draft of 10: Goin’ to the Temple
We’ve revised 10b Shar: Goin’ to the Temple scene (all I can hear are the Chiffons singing, “Goin’ to the temple and we’re . . . gonna get busted, busted . . .”) , but we thought you might like to see the revision process, too. So here’s the very rough draft I sent Lani [...]
read more...Scene 10: Daisy meets Squash
This is Daisy’s morning-after-the-piggyback-ride scene. It’s rough, but fun. Please notice and adore Squash - she’ll be back with her own dedicated post soon.
When Daisy woke up, Gracie had already gotten Bailey - between their morning walks and the fact that Gracie allowed Bailey to hang out in their shared courtyard while Daisy was at [...]
5b: Abby Scene Two (revised)
So here’s the latest version of Abby’s second scene. I tried to humanize Christopher just a little bit, but I want her to find him really annoying at first glance. If he’s not obnoxious then why wouldn’t she jump his bones?
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10 Shar: Gods and Muffins
Wolfie scrabbled across the stone floor and sank his teeth into the god’s ankle and Shar yelled, “No, NO!†and lunged for him.
read more...5. Abby Meets Christopher
So I”m hoping this will show all the notes from Jenny and Lani, telling me what an ignorant slut I am (no, really, they were very tactful) and all the deletions and additions I made, but somehow I’m doubting it will. This isn’t the first draft but fairly early one — with Miranda/Matilda rather [...]
read more...7b. Shar: Don’t Drink and Dream
By the time Shar and Wolfie had finished their walk to the two-story step-temple that was the Sippar family home, she had reviewed the class, summarized her thoughts and come to the conclusion that . . .
read more...6b. Daisy Hops On
The Edit: Okay, I know you guys wanted new posts, but something was wrong with the formatting, and in order to fix it, I had to lose the tags, which meant losing the italic thought and re-doing it, and I just couldn’t see re-doing it if I was gonna just change it anyway. So my [...]
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