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Just Another Day

A quick note. I brainstormed my story. I think there will be a military bend to the story and that some of the unit names will be related to jinn names. Also found some interesting concepts from Wikipedia including Kefizat Haderech(probably where Frank Herbert got his idea for the name Kwisatz Haderach) and Tay_al-Ard. They are both similar ideas that mean teleportation. I want to use some of these ideas in whatever I'm going to actually call my story. I'll see what happens...

So Far, So Good

I'm going to try again to log on here daily and give updates to my progress. I still can't manage to find the energy I used to have to get up, but since I started reading Save The Cat by Blake Snyder, I at least feel that my work is a little more streamlined.

I got all my scene headings in place today. I think there is a little more leg work that needs to be done before I write the scenes, but, I started this morning and am on my way. A lot less overhead, for now, than Jeff Kitchen's method, but I'm hoping to synthesize Snyder, Kitchen, Hauge, and Iglesias into a method for me to use to accomplish this screenplay.

Blake Snyder's Beat Sheet worked, though. It helped me trim down a lot of the stuff that would have made my screenplay, now titled, SHATTERED SILENCE (again retitling thanks to Snyder), a better novel than a screenplay. I also have a good logline (perks to Snyder and Iglesias for direction on this one): In a world ruled by the deaf majority, a framed detective hopes to clear his name of a murder he didn't commit.

Let's see how it does...

The Changing Face of War: Into the Fourth Generation - LIND

I found a really interesting article while researching the OODA loop and its associated realizations and usages.

The Changing Face of War: Into the Fourth Generation - LIND