Dear god, I HATE this part of the writing. Coming up with the ideas blows, and I'm an idea guy. And I know boatloads of people who swear they're idea-people, and THEY MIGHT BE, but they never utilize them for some dumb ass reason. Hell, even editing can be fun. It's just taking the rough-hewn bits, shaping them up nicer, adding flourishes, and trimming them down a ton. But thinking them up is such a time-consuming process, and they may never turn out, or you may end up with a Jar Jar Binks. But I'm done for one project, and so damn close on the other.
This is exciting now. I'm going to dive headlong into "The Hammer" first thing after work. I've done a (really shitty) rough draft, and I know exactly what I'm doing this time. The same same shit that made The Hun good. Worst case scenario, it bulks my portfolio so that once someone DOES discover me under my rock, doing whatever I do, I'll have plenty of other projects for them to check out.
But either way, I'm back to the land of measurable progress. And I'm thinking the way I have this worked out, I'll be done with The Hammer about the time I'm done with the planning for "Spitfire." So I'm setting up my efficiency system, to see if it works. If so, great! If not, fuck it! I have two scripts yet.
Also, I can't hardly wait until the end of February. I want to find out what they thought. I'm debating entering The Hun into the Blacklist, to see if I've improved much. I'm confident about this one, because my characters came together naturally, and they felt like nearly all of them had a distinct voice. I'm certain they'll love it.
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