April 28th, 2008 admin
And Act I is not quite complete, but I was able to validate the progress so far. I’m about 10-15 pages of script away from having the first Act complete, but having completed the page count goal leaves me free to give the next couple of nights over to the webcomic which needs it’s strips for this week finished as well as updated banners and a theme upgrade in time for the first anniversary.
Juggling so many projects does put pressure on me and were it not for them I suppose I could have been well through Act II by now, if not further, but the thing to understand is that each project bleeds over into another. Were it not for the proving ground that Random Acts… serves as, I would not have had the courage, necessarily, to pursue Wedding Tarot in the direction it’s taken. They may not seem to have much in common, but they are inextricably linked, and both are my creative children.
Oh, dear, I suppose I’ve gotten a bit melodramatic at this late (early) hour. It really is past time that I was in bed. But I go to sleep having accomplished part one of something extraordinary.
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December 31st, 2007 admin
So, 2008. Yeah. Time to get some work done, don’t you think?
Well, I do, and to that end I’m really hoping this production diary will <strike>guilt me into</strike> keep me accountable for finishing the graphic novel that will be “Wedding Tarot.”
The process, as I see it, will go something like this:
- Breakout the novel-in-progress into pages and panels.
- Format said breakouts in Celtx so it looks like an actual script.
- Finish the story in Celtx, in format, from where I stopped in Nov.04 after NaNoWriMo ended for the year.
- Actually create the Tarot deck that goes with the book (and will feature in the art for the gn).
- Draw the graphic novel.
So far I have the Prologue and original 1st Chapter broken out and somewhat edited. Since the Chapters are turning more into Scenes, I’m thinking that some reformatting is going to happen and the chapters I do have are going to be smooshed together to form larger Acts. But this is just a working theory based on the first 12 or so blocked pages. Regardless of the format, I’m serious about getting this project in the works. Likely as not (read as: unless I get lucky and find a publisher between now and then that loves the project and doesn’t ask me to change anything integral to the story) I’ll web-publish first and then go to print based on interest, but that’s a ways away. The goal for 2008 is just to get the script done and edited. If I actually complete that before the end of the year and can start on the art that’s awesome, but I’m willing to accept baby steps with this project. Also, the Tarot deck progress will probably be concurrent to the editing of the starter-novel, not exactly its own step, but I do have to decide on the card backs and the style of the card fronts–if not actually create them–before I can start on the art for the book. It’s going to be a messy process.
And, for the record, the reason I need this diary to keep me accountable is because I have a lot of other things on my plate. I’m not just writing this book. I work fulltime, have a twice-a-week webcomic and write several articles a month for a website. Two of those three currently make me money, which is why this is item number four on the jockeying for position front, or five if you consider the fact that I do have a somewhat active personal life as well. Somewhere I read that in order to handle a life like this, the thing that needs doing is to stop wondering ‘how am I going to manage all of this’ and just do it. So I’m just doing it, taking a teensy leap of faith (really more of a hop) and seeing where I land.
Here’s to a productive new year!
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