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Updatery and stuff
Jan. 23rd, 2022 05:03 pmWell! I managed to get through the entire week of on-call jury duty without getting called! I mean, if I'd had to go in, I'd have done it, but better that I'm not put in a large room full of strangers that may or may not be vaccinated, yeah?
Meanwhile, we spent our Saturday walking Crissy Field from the main parking lot all the way to Golden Gate Bridge and back. This time we went into Fort Point -- the old fort right underneath the bridge, and where Kim Novak jumps into the bay in Vertigo, natch - and checked out the historical things they had on display there. Pretty neat stuff, and I'm actually kind of surprised we've never gone here before! That was about four and a half miles of walking there...which we did again today, heading to one of our favorite coffee joints near Golden Gate Park (Rise & Grind) and walked back through the park. So yeah, all the exercise done this weekend!
So the other week I started with the Theadia rewrite, and it's slow going but it's going in the right direction, and I'm sure it'll get better once I adjust to the work speed. A lot of it is spot-cleaning so far -- rewriting the scene a bit so it's truer to the characters -- but there's also a lot of finally fixing the "will fix it later" bits, such as assigning new names for characters and getting titles and places straightened out. It's been kind of fun so far, and I'm looking forward to what else I can do to make this story even better!
Queen Ophelia is coming along as well...I'm writing the climactic scene now, the final showdown between the major characters. As expected, this showdown is completely different than what I'd planned in the original outline, but I'm totally fine with that, because this particular version makes so much more sense in the context of the story as a whole. If I plan this out correctly, I should probably be able to finish it by mid-February and start in on the rewrite of this as well, so we shall see!
In the meantime...hope everyone has a good week!
Meanwhile, we spent our Saturday walking Crissy Field from the main parking lot all the way to Golden Gate Bridge and back. This time we went into Fort Point -- the old fort right underneath the bridge, and where Kim Novak jumps into the bay in Vertigo, natch - and checked out the historical things they had on display there. Pretty neat stuff, and I'm actually kind of surprised we've never gone here before! That was about four and a half miles of walking there...which we did again today, heading to one of our favorite coffee joints near Golden Gate Park (Rise & Grind) and walked back through the park. So yeah, all the exercise done this weekend!
So the other week I started with the Theadia rewrite, and it's slow going but it's going in the right direction, and I'm sure it'll get better once I adjust to the work speed. A lot of it is spot-cleaning so far -- rewriting the scene a bit so it's truer to the characters -- but there's also a lot of finally fixing the "will fix it later" bits, such as assigning new names for characters and getting titles and places straightened out. It's been kind of fun so far, and I'm looking forward to what else I can do to make this story even better!
Queen Ophelia is coming along as well...I'm writing the climactic scene now, the final showdown between the major characters. As expected, this showdown is completely different than what I'd planned in the original outline, but I'm totally fine with that, because this particular version makes so much more sense in the context of the story as a whole. If I plan this out correctly, I should probably be able to finish it by mid-February and start in on the rewrite of this as well, so we shall see!
In the meantime...hope everyone has a good week!
