by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
It’s just been a few days since I wrapped up — with the aid of AI — the first draft of this scifi dramedy I’ve been working on. You’re supposed to wait about a month before you start on the second draft, but, lulz, I just can’t bring myself to do it. I’m going to start to work pretty hard on the second draft very soon.
You’re also supposed to read and watch as much as you can during this pause between drafts. But that, too, is tough. It’s just difficult for me to consume any other media besides what I, myself, create.
So, here I am, just twiddling my fingers while I wait for a few days to have elapsed so I can get back to things. I still have a lingering tooth issue that I’m really worried will flair up and be a SERIOUS distraction. So, that’s another reason to jump back into things.
I really do need to force myself to watch the very bad movie “Subservience” because of how similar, in a way, it is to the novel. But I just can’t bring myself to do it. The movie seems designed for the audience to just watch hot people do hot shit and the connection between my novel and that movie isn’t THAT close. You kind of have to squint to see any similarities.
Anyway. I really like the novel I’ve come up with and I don’t THINK there will be too many structural changes that could slow me down. The one big structural change I had thought about — moving the novel’s location from a city to a small town repeatedly got shot down by my AI “literary consultants.”
Ugh. But they’ve saved me a lot of time by telling me not to do that. So, there you go. I’m hoping to start at least doing some development on the second draft really soon.
