August 09, 2021
Sometimes I am not as good as I ought to be to my body. So last night I suffered results of not eating enough for the past weeks, not sleeping enough, and not hydrating enough. It's not a pleasant vision. And it wasn't a pleasant experience.
This experience lead to me getting in extra sleep in the early hours of the morning when I usually write. I woke feeling much better except for the tummy rumbles. I got myself something to eat and by the time I sat down to write it was already noisy in the house and in my mind.
That writing session gave me 426 words of dialogue from a text of 591 words, which is obviously in no way close to 1000 words. But with all the noise in my spirit I couldn't do more. Actually, I felt drained. Honestly, the scene wasn't taxing. It was a calm one. Yes the characters were pushing against each other, but it was nothing big.
But it was also something big.
This play spans at least 16 years and so what this scene did was bring the audience up yo speed. Since there's no on-screen text, this scene told the audience how the characters had or hadn't changed snd where the children are in their lives. The scene went smoothly.
Possibly I am scared of the scene coming up. In that scene, we only see Alison, the matriarch of the family and all of the information and it is vital information is conveyed through her. I don't quite know how to do it though. I don't want her to monologue, parroting seems...is out of character for her. I could have her responses be detailed enough so that the eavesdropping audience gets a full or somewhat full picture. I guess... I guess I am scared.
This scene, unlike most of the others has multiple points. Whereas the scenes before were plotted for the purpose of highlighting one point and then I note that the highlight one or two other points, this upcoming scene has 10 points in the plotted version...
This seems like the worst time to write with a noisy mind and rumbling belly. Nonetheless I am going to eat lunch, and journal a little more and then write the scene.
The second writing session has gifted me with 562 words of dialogue. This brings the tally to 988 words of dialogue or 7.9 minutes. The kinks are still present and I still don't have the fix. But the information is out and I will tackle another scene tomorrow untill l they are all out. Only then will I begin editing. In my experience of cleaning as I go the stories have lost fire without coming to an end because I lose my interest because I forget where the journey and people are going.