by Ira | Jul 11, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
We finished Patriot Games tonight, and man…that movie is way better than I remember it being when I watched it as a teenager. It slaps. Ford is great in it, the finale is great, all the twists and turns are great. It’s super duper solid. Four stars, I say! Four stars...
by Ira | Jul 10, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
The manuscript sits at thirty pages tonight. Okay, technically it sits at 29…but close enough. Close enough to make up tomorrow no sweat. Proud of myself. I’ve just kinda slipped right into it. The flow is good already. Stuff is happening. Meeting new characters....
by Ira | Jul 9, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Twenty pages complete on the latest manuscript! Boom Shaka Laka. Feeling a bit zonked about it to be honest…but I know now that’s normal for me. I get zonked when I first get into the swing of things. It’s a disruption of the status quo, which always makes me feel...
by Ira | Jul 8, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Ten pages. It has begun! I truly am the happiest when I’m drafting. The story is there, ready for me to just live it, and living it is the best part. Got through ten pages today pretty easily. Ten again tomorrow is the goal, and ten more after that, and so on till...
by Ira | Jul 7, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Home. We started watching The Fugitive tonight, which neither of us has ever seen. We know about it. obviously, but neither of us has actually seeeeen it. It’s so good! Instantly good. And it’s funny, because the opening act is very old school — the escape from the...
