I had a mad moment when thinking to myself that I should rename my diary and call it my log, for the reason that it is a nod to Star Trek. I can then delude myself into thinking I'm the Captain of the starship USS Writing a Novel NCC2013 and have those voice overs so beloved of the TV series. Though of course a ship called Writing a Novel is more of shout out to the late Iain M. Banks Culture series than Gene Roddenberry's work.
I said all that I can think of saying about Iain here, but my friend Jaine Fenn wrote a nice tribute here. As a result the beginning of the week I was on a bit of a downer, which affected my writing. I chose to cheer myself up by watching some films. Dredd, which was excellent, and Southland Tales where we decided to eject the disc at 45 minutes and watch MegaMind instead. That was a good choice. It had witty dialogue, good characterization and was funny too. Last night we watched V for Vendetta again, which in my opinion only gets better each time I watch it.
Over the last few weeks we have also watched season five of True Blood, which sagged a little just before the end, but pulled out all the stops for the finale. Continuum season one that showed a lot of promise. Finally, watched the fifth and final season of Fringe, which has been one of my favorite shows, and it hit all the emotional nails on the head with the resolution of story arc.
Now if only I could write dialogue as good as in my favourite shows.
Well wishing ain't going to make it so, only blood, sweat and tears will do that. So this week I managed to write 7,255 words, which brings the first draft of my second novel up to 56,970 words. I'm just about to enter what can be called the third act, where the shit hits the fan, things get serious, and really bad things happen to the characters.
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