Today I start back on BITE ME, I’M YOURS (that would be
Book #1). I have some little things to fix, but I need to figure out how to cut
some of it (it’s about 16,000 words too long for my editor--and I want to give
it to her to read). I figure if I go through the pre-edit checklist (like I did
for My Sunny Vampire) that should
help. I also need to ask myself the same question my editor did with that story
- Is this necessary? I hope I’m able
to answer honestly. Yeah, cutting stuff isn’t my favorite thing. Heck, I’m sure
every writer feels that way.
Sunday felt like a nice free day (especially with that long project finally finished) so my husband and I watched two movies we own on DVD. We discovered they were quite similar, too. “This Means War” starred Chris Pine, Tom Hardy and Reese
Witherspoon. “Killers” starred Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl. Have you
seen either? Killers came out two years before War, yet I don’t remember it
ever being in the theatre. I found the DVD in the $5.00 bin at Walmart and I
liked the actors, so I bought it. After watching it (and it was cute - we'd seen worse, much worse), we then watched War (which we had seen in the theatre) and that’s when I realized how similar the movies
were. There was lots of action (spy shoot-em-ups/blow-em-ups), romance (where
the woman is kind of in the dark) and some crazy (bizarre) stuff thrown in
there. Even though they were similar, it made for a nice evening and gave my brain a break!
On Saturday, the Penguins lost the first game in the Eastern finals
(bummer!), but I have high hopes they’ll win tonight. They better!! I want to see them go all the way. I'm greedy like that.
So, what was the last movie you saw?
Have yourself a great Monday.
Stacy
9 comments:
Re: Yeah, cutting stuff isn’t my favorite thing.
I always have to add story. LOL!
Re: movies
Sadly, we've been so busy lately, I've not been able to sit down and watch one movie since winter.
We're dying to see the latest Trek movie, but we've got company.
:le sigh:
Movies...movies...Hmm...the last one I rented was Soul Surfer. And you don't want to know the last one I saw in the theater. It was a LONG time ago. LOL
Good luck with your revisions! Bite Me is a really good story. :)
I don't watch many movies - I think the last one was Blade Runner - an old classic I decided my daughter needed to see. She really liked it, and I had fun noticing all kinds of cool details I didn't remember from before.
Maria - Yeah, I usually add, too. But I'm finding it easy to cut today. Don't know what that means!
Jennifer - Never heard of Soul Surfer. Should I bother?
Jennette - Thanks about Bite Me. Hopefully, I make it BETTER!
Sorry about the game. As for those Wally World bins, I love finding good deals there.
As for cutting, I always liked that part. I had to do it back in the day when I did interviews. Get a 2.5 phone interview cut down to 1000-1500 words.
Nice challenge.
PS: As for the pens, I don't remember using them their first go about. But I am loving the FriXion. So much fun.
Ivy - Yeah, sometimes I can find some good deals in the $5 bin. Of course, I've found some duds, too! :)
Regarding the 16,000 words...yes, it's hard to kill our "darlings," isn't it?
Regarding movie: Life Of Pi. (I'm not counting Planet 51, which we watched with the kids.)
Michael - We watched A LOT of movies with the kids that I loved just as much as adult movies (we just laughed at different things!).
True. But all in all fun. Best Buy was doing something with a deal when we bring in old DVDs, we can get new ones for cheaper - but it was a few weeks ago and I don't recall the details.
Back in the day, we'd take our old DVDs to Blockbuster or GameStop for trade-in. I liked doing that.
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