Stratford, Prince Edward Island

Time time time...see what's become of me...

That's from that song Hazy Shade of Winter, by the way (I only know the cover version The Bangles did in '87; I don't remember who did the original). It's appropriate enough considering the hazy, rainy weather - sort of like a hazy shade of summer! Not that I'm minding...the "novelty" of rain hasn't worn off for me yet...besides, it's 95F back in L.A. and 65F here. Hmm! Which one should I choose? Well, I don't know! Let me think about it for a while! :)

It's the "time time time" part that's more appropriate, and even "see what's become of me" - sitting in my office, relegated to re-timing the edited scenes. Yes, it took me 10 days, which was much longer than I anticipated, but I finally finished this pass of the rewrite. I initially thought it would be enough, but I realized early into it that I may have to make a second pass to cut even more stuff out. I just hope I haven't taken too much out in terms of flavour - I don't want it to sound like a dry history lesson. I've also gone through and rewritten a large percentage of the journal quotes in my own voice. There's a business-end factor to doing so, but it more has to do with relying too heavily on the quotes. As it has been pointed out to me, it's me that's writing this and not Maud. Of course, some quotes are irreplacable, and I'm leaving them in. But I can see where, especially in Act II, most of Maud's dialogue was Quote City, which I have fixed.

I just needed to take a break from Act I, which I am still in the middle of. I feel kind of silly sitting in here talking to myself with a stopwatch!

By the way, something monumental in the history of 9LoLMM is happening today...is probably well happening this very minute. The time has come to start getting footage for the screen. But neither Leo nor I are filming it. I'm expecting some documentation to come next week, the video of which I will post that will explain everything. But it's Canadian, extremely authentic, and the scene that it's being shot for actually took place on 18 August! It's just one of many happy accidents we've encountered so far - and we're not done yet. :) Sorry to be so cryptic, but...well, you'll see it soon enough.

As for the workshop, our meet-and-greet with the cast got rescheduled; it's now going to be on Tuesday. Oh, well. More time to prepare the rewrite!

Now - where's that stopwatch?