Eeeeeek! Page 95! I’m up to page 95! And I’m really happy with it so far. I’m just hoping that I’m not at that stage that Stephen King refers to, saying that when you’re writing you think, “Geeze, I’m freakin’ Shakespeare!” and then when you go back to reread it, you find out it’s complete and total crap. What I’d have to worry about would be the dialogue. I’ve had a tendency to make all of my dialogue really really cheesy, but I think I’ve done well so far. I’ve kept my Cheese Factor in check, I think, so maybe when I reread it tomorrow things will go well and I’ll be able to over-night it by 6pm. Phew. I can’t believe it’s actually almost done. After two years of character development, it’s about time. And think of how easy it’ll be to finish the novel now that I have all of the scenes mapped out. According to my novel outline, I have three more chapters to write out tomorrow, which should take me about one hour if I get in the right groove. I’d do it now, but I’ve lost the groove after about an hour and a half of straight writing. Plus, I got distracted a lot today, which isn’t good. But, everyone’s leaving the house tomorrow to go to the zoo, so there won’t be any distractions. Just pure insane people. 🙂 Whhheee!
More good news on the screenplay front – my brother Tim is home for a week before heading off to med school, and guess what? He happens to work in a psych ward, and my book’s about insane people. So, I ran the ideas past him, he said everything was incredibly plausible, and that the idea sounded very exciting. Yay! It’s been checked out medically and psychologically, so I think I’m good to go. Let’s just hope the people at the Academy really like – the Oscar folks are the ones judging the contest I’m trying to enter. But if they don’t like it, there are a few other contests I can enter, so no worries. Just getting it done I think has been worth it. Although, I don’t think I’d turn down the $30k. 🙂
Now I’m just rambling. Oh, I got to see Cirque Du Soleil’s “Journey of Man” last night. It’s a lot different than regular Cirque du Soleil stuff, but it was still pretty cool. The circus acts were amazing, and I wish I could have seen it at IMAX, that would have been awesome. Cirque du Soleil at 8 stories tall. Egads.
I think I’m going to try and get some sleep now. Not sure if that’s possible, because I’m really wired all of a sudden.