One of the other things I wanted to do BEFORE I get too into this draft, which was something I was wrongly planning to do AFTER for whatever reason, is to review my notes from the Dangerous Writing workshop I took with Tom Spanbauer, as that outlines a lot of the rules for the style of writing to which I aspire.

In addition, I want to read all of Chuck’s writing notes that he posted for the past two years on his website. They aren’t there now, were only available for a month, and in a format whereby you weren’t supposed to be able to store them for later reading. Of course, I stored them all, heh.

So, tomorrow, the day will start with reading those, which will take a good 2-3 hours.

In addition, I’m trying to get myself back into Madame Bovary, which has been set aside as of late. As I think it is imperative to read to become a better writer.

The last piece of the puzzle is to start watching one segment of my Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth DVD every day, as he explores the basic architecture of storytelling through the ages, and the archetypes people continually gravitate toward as readers as a means to view their lives through a specific lens. I’m not sure my book locks into any of those, since it doesn’t seem to have classic underpinnings that I recognize, but I’m glad to be wrong and have something archetypal to which I can hitch my wagons.

I think that is the last of the stuff that was always intended to be done AFTER the draft was written.

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