Jeff Macfee

The Moneymaker rewrite is proceeding decently, and I would have said “great” before today. I was blasting through a scene, reveling in my artistic genius, when it hit me. This scene is important. I’ve got four or five main characters all in one room, with differing agendas, many of whom have been [...]

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So the rewrite is definitely longer, as I’m into Chapter Ten now, which is only Chapter Eight in the first draft. And I might, might, be getting back to revisions of the original material, rather than writing new material. I was starting to wonder if the book was headed in a whole new [...]

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Wow. What a mess. Jumper. Either I’m carsick or that movie was really bad. Maybe both.
I haven’t assimilated the true badness yet. I’ve never had a proctology exam, but I imagine it’s something like what I just experienced. How’s that for graphic?
If nothing else, the teaser for Indy IV [...]

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I am now privy to the new sh*t. Rolled into the troubled parts of the book and came out with entirely new scenes. Even better, I like them. Now this judgement is pre-reread, but the scenes and direction feel more solid, more right, than the first time. I’m not sure if [...]

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Scary in that Chapter Eight is the part of the first draft where, to use a writer’s term, everything blew off the freaking rails. Yes. I believe that is the term.
I am hoping the changes I’ve made thus far, and the additional thought I’ve put into character actions and reactions, will make the [...]

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