I Feel Inspired Today

I set my alarm for six o'clock this morning and got up at about six twenty-five. I had my coffee and wrote the rough draft for my feedback. Now I'm posting here while I let the feedback sit. Once I post this, I'll go revise the feedback and post it for approval.

I also got a great e-mail from one of my students. It was awesome hearing about how his muse has really taken off! :D

I didn't write anything yesterday (at least not with regard to my stories and screenplay), but I plan to start the outline today...this morning, hopefully.

I got caught up over at Vivek-Oberoi.com, and on Twitter yesterday. I also got caught up here and on Blogspot. Sometimes it's good to take a day off just to catch up on things. :)

Jeff and I watched Shootout At Lokhandwala last night. It was a very bloody movie, but it was really good. I can't say I enjoyed seeing Vivek as a bad guy, but his acting was excellent, as always. I once read that he "hammed it up, as usual," but I honestly didn't see that. Some of the other villains were much, much "hammier" than he was. He did an excellent job...they all did. :)

I had no idea there was a terrorist attack on Mumbai, India in 2008, but I've been reading about it over the past few days. I read somewhere that the U.S. media criticized India after the attack happened. How stupid! The U.S. media forgets that we weren't any better at keeping the 9/11 attacks from happening here. If anything, we should be helping, not standing back and criticising.

Bollywood Remembers 26/11 - An Interview in which Vivek Oberoi talks about 26/11 and terrorism, as well as other things

Well, I need to hurry up and grab a bite to eat, then revise and post that feedback. Have a great weekend!

Lois

Our Last Two-Day Weekend For A While?

I have feedback to write, but I got up too late, so I'm going to work on it tomorrow morning. I've moved the spare alarm clock to the table on my side of the bed so I can get up at 6:00 to work on it.

As you know, I finished the summary (breakdown) for my screenplay. Now I can work on the outline. I'm not sure if I'll start it today or tomorrow. It depends on whether or not Jeff wants to do our grocery shopping today. Right now, he's burning debris out back.

We watched Singh Is Kinng last night. It was a pretty good movie. I have to say the funny parts were hilarious. I'll have to watch it more than once to catch all the subtitles, as they talked really fast at times. I was highly amused to find out that my favorite song from the movie, "Bhootni Ke," means "You Idiot!" :P Tonight, we'll either watch Shootout At Lokhandwala (2006 - Vivek Oberoi and an all-star cast) or Traffic Signal (2006 - Kunal Khemu). I'm looking forward to both movies. :)

Jeff is now coming down with the cold. I'm hoping the medicine we have will help him like it's helped me. I'm feeling so much better now than I was just three and four days ago.

I'll probably take it easy today, but I do want to work on my screenplay outline and a character journal entry today...after I finish watching Naksha.

Have a great day!

Lois

Woohoo!

My screenplay summary is done! :D 5,157 Words. 11 Pages. I don't know how much of that I wrote today. I juggled some of the details, moving things around, making some small changes, adding new material...and a new character...and voila! I'm done! :D

Now, to write the outline...

I'm not waiting 'til April and the beginning of ScriptFrenzy to write this. No way! As soon as the outline's done, I'm going to start writing! :D

Today Is Screenplay Day for Me

Today, I'm going to attack my screenplay. I have a major fix I need to make to it. Once I do that, I can go on to finish Act Three. Then I'll start on the outline or write a character journal entry or two.

Yesterday, I spent most of the day getting caught up online...especially on Twitter. A new friend helped me come up with a logline for my screenplay. Actually, she just asked questions and gave suggestions, but I came up with the actual logline: "Hardened human trafficker risks everything for love of slave girl." The subjective storyline (the part that shows how he changes from this seemingly heartless slave trader to a man who will do anything to free the woman he loves-which changes how he feels about human trafficking-in effect, he is redeemed by love) is the most important part of the story to me, but I've got to get the objective storyline (the storyline that involves the physical aspects of the story-action, danger, intrigue, etc.) down, too. It's a challenge trying to integrate both into the story, but I'm up for it. :)

My cold is getting much better, but I'm not out of the woods yet. It will take me a while to get completely over it, of course, but I've definitely got more energy and have been coughing a lot less.

Jeff and I watched Ghost Hunters last night. I hadn't watched it in at least two weeks...probably more. I still love Ghost Hunters: International, but I'm getting bored with the original show somewhat. And I don't really care for Ghost Hunters Academy. Too much stinkin' drama. ;)

I should be getting the next three DVDs from Netflix today. Singh Is Kinng is one of them. I hope it's as funny as it sounds! So far, the Bollywood comedies I've seen have had very little, if any, crude humor. I'm happy about that! Hopefully, the trend will continue.

The clouds have started moving in. It was sunny a few minutes ago. I hope the sun comes out again. We have a chance for rain and snow tomorrow, but Saturday is supposed to be mostly sunny again. I sure hope so. I'm getting tired of all these clouds! :-/

Have an awesome day!

Lois

I'm Definitely On the Mend

I'm late today because I've been working on feedback. Somehow, I did an excellent job on both of them. I only had two minor fixes, then they were ready to go. Yay! And Milli has made it clear that she's not pampering me because I'm sick. These feedbacks really were that good! :D

I still have a cough, but it's not nearly as bad as it was the last time I was sick. I still have a little sniffle too, but not so bad that I need antihistamines. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to write feedback this morning and I'd be further behind.

I need to go back over my screenplay elements and see where I went wrong. The end of Act Two feels more like it should be the end of Act Three. I need to fix that, so I'll likely work on that today.

But first, I've got to eat. And I need to finish posting. I'll try to do some catching up on my F-Lists later today.

The sun is shining and I don't see a cloud in the sky from where I'm sitting. Tomorrow's supposed to be partly cloudy, then we have a chance of rain and snow on Friday. Yuck! I think I'll try to really enjoy the sunlight while it's here! :)

Jeff and I watched Super Star last night. It was another great Kunal Khemu movie! He's so good at drama. He should do more of it.

I'm really, really loving the soundtrack to Vivek Oberoi's movie, Naksha (which means map). It has several very catchy, groovin' tunes that make me want to move my feet! :D

Well, I'd better get busy.

Have a great day!

Lois

New Books, Movies and Music, Nice Weather, Slowly Improving Health

My cold's still pretty bad, but it's tolerable. It seems to be getting slightly better and I have more energy, but I have to be careful not to push it. I don't want to have a relapse. Jeff went out to get me more Mucinex last night. He also got me some sugar free cough drops and some more antihistamines, since we were running low. I thought he'd pick up some snacks too, but he didn't.

That said, I may try to work on feedback tomorrow. I don't want to fall too far behind.

I will definitely work on my screenplay today, though. I'll do it with pen and paper while I relax on the love seat.

I got a book in the mail yesterday: Revision & Self-Editing: Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft Into A Finished Novel, by James Scott Bell, from the Writer's Digest Write Great Fiction series.

My new movies, Kismat Konnection (and the soundtrack CD) and Mission Istaanbul came in the mail yesterday, too! I also got Super Star (starring Kunal Khemu) in the mail from Netflix. Since Jeff was going out to the store last night, I watched Mission Istaanbul again. We'll watch Super Star tonight when we can both watch it. I think he's warming up to these Hindi movies. :)

It's nice and sunny here right now. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies today. Hopefully, we'll have a lot more sun than clouds. Our high is supposed to be around 47°. I can live with that, but I can't wait until it's warmer.

Well, I've got to finish up on here so I can go relax.

Have a great day!

Lois

Sicky, Sicky - Books - Weather - etcetera

Josiah woke up a little while ago and I got to be the one to see him first. :) Poor little guy was hungry. I gave him to Eric and he's quieted down now. :)

My cold is still mostly a head cold, but I'm afraid it's starting to move more into my chest. Bad timing, as I've just run out of Mucinex. :( I'm still taking it easy (except for doing laundry), and I'm still taking extra Vitamin C and drinking echinacea tea. I took a nap yesterday afternoon, too.

I finished reading The Graveyard Book last night. It was awesome! I would recommend it to everyone! :D Today, I'm going to restart New Moon. I started reading it on the laptop a while back, but never went back to it. I'm hoping I can read a good portion of it over the next couple of days (of course, that will depend on whether or not I have to go in for jury duty tomorrow *blah*). I still want to read Bram Stoker's Dracula, too. I have that in my Kindle software on my laptop.

Still haven't worked on Act Three of my screenplay, but that's to be expected. Still, I may try to finish it off today with pen and paper from the comfort of the love seat. :)

Yesterday was cloudy and rainy. Today's supposed to be cloudy again, but tomorrow is supposed to be sunny. If I have to go to jury duty, I sure do hope it's sunny. I'd hate to go out in the rain when I'm sick!

Have a great day!

Lois

Still Sick

So far, this cold is mostly a head cold. I spent yesterday relaxing, but today I have to do some laundry. I'm still taking antihistamines for my runny / stuffy nose (although, it's mostly runny), and still taking extra Vitamin C, as well as drinking echinacea tea.

I don't know when I'll feel up to working on Act Three of my screenplay. I also don't know when I'll catch up on my F-Lists. I may not be able to, depending on how long I'm sick.

I hope I don't have to go in for jury duty on Tuesday. I'll be miserable again if I do. :(

Anyway, have a good day!

Lois