Wednesday: a minor reproach becomes a major theme (maybe)
Sunday, February 1st, 2009Monday’s meeting was pushed back to Wedsnesday. We revised at our Act climaxes (as you do), and looked at the pros and cons of how they affect each other. In the presentation draft, I included a scene where the main character has a fight with a geek who brings up a nasty incident from the past as a kind of cruel reproach. D suggested we develop that incident, and it’s now snowballed into a major theme (as well as a storyline) that provides a perfect antithesis to an existing theme. Right now, it’s all crystal clear and beautiful and immaculate, and I’m learning to cherish this moment while it lasts. It reminds me of a Leonard Cohen line - “…and for something like a second I’m cured and my heart is at ease!” Don’t melt, Snowball. Don’t melt.