Finally finished the read-through of Wet Work.
You know what? It’s not half bad. In fact, the climax is pretty kick ass, even if I do say so myself.
That’s not to say I don’t have a fair amount of work to do. The second act, largely extemporized, will bear the brunt of the makeover. I might end up losing a particular setting altogether. I’m not sure about that bit yet. In between now and May, I need to sketch out a roadmap for this rewrite, at which point I’ll know more.
One of my secondary characters is in particular need of a rework, too. I like the guy, but I realize with some dismay that he doesn’t do a single useful thing over the course of the story. Somewhere along the way, he turned into Jar-Jar Binks. I guess I never realized how easily something like that could happen (fellow writers take note). I can almost feel a little sympathy for George Lucas here . . .
Nah.
Jar-Jar never got fixed in rewrites. Sorry, George, but that one’s on you.
No updates for Write Club.
Onward.
