Chrysanthemum, Piet MondrianI ate lunch at my desk (a bagel with salmon spread) and hied off to the Starbuck’s to spend an hour reading the chapter on writing dramatic scenes in Make A Scene (by Jordan Rosenfeld) and doing story notes in my journal. I’m anxious about fitting in certain important information without falling into dull exposition and dragging down the narrative and at the same time keep Ferrant moving toward the change he’s going to undergo. I like the scenes I’ve written about him so far, and don’t want the flow to stop. Rosenfeld supplied the answer–simple: build up to his change. Building up to it gives me room to write about the other stuff that needs to be there, and then, when I reach Ferrant’s dramatic turning point, it’ll be great! I’ll get the effect I want. Yay!
Books read in 2007
Movies Seen In 2007
- Notes on a Scandal
- Pan’s Labyrinth
- The Messengers
- Smokin’ Aces, 2/15/07 (ICK! A case of Thursday night desparation.)
- Breach
- Amazing Grace (Great movie!)
- Lucky You (ICK! Except for Eric Bana)
- 28 Weeks
- Spiderman 3
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Loved it.)
- Ocean’s 13 (good, clever dialogue, great interaction between George Clooney and Brad Pitt)
- Waitress
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- The Bourne Ultimatum (First one good; second one even better.)
- Stardust (Very good)
- 3:10 To Yuma (Superb performances by Christian Bale and Russell Crowe)
- American Gangster (Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. Excellent!)
- I Am Legend
- Atonement (Keira Knightley and James MacAvoy. Brilliant.)
