Four pages today.
Went back and added a scene… we’d had the discovery of the hidden darkroom happen off screen, but decided that was a lame move. We need to see that happen… the secret door, the creepiness of the first entry into the old root cellar. So now we do, thanks to the new scene. And we took it as an opportunity to further define the back story on our writer character, and demonstrate his strong friendship with his buddy’s wife.
Then moved on into a scene where his buddy’s secret plans for the cabin are further revealed.
The past two days have been tough writing days… scenes with more subtlety, that require a certain amount of exposition of information without writing expository dialogue. Definitely the toughest two days so far.
It’s possible that we need to contract our story’s time line by one day… it feels like we’re ready to move into the action sequences, but on the outline, there’s still another day’s worth of discovery and character revelation yet to handle. The pacing to this point feels like we’re past most of that, and ready to go on to some faster, more action oriented scenes.
We’ll decide in our next session whether we can excise that day, just reveal the creatures in all their glory, and start the juggernaut of action and blood and dying and whatnot.
Total pages: 36.5
Total hours (Chip): 38-ish
Hmmm… So you have a day to play with? Maybe a scene where we get to know the monkeys a bit more. Thus far it’s all sex sex sex. What of their personalities? Their hopes, dreams, monkeyshines?
Buuuuut seriously… I’d say — bring on the creatures, death and mayhem! You can never have enough of it š
Write on, gents.
~ Jeff