26 Jun
Just 200 filler words.
I suddenly lost my sense of smell and taste. Like I can't smell Vicks anymore. Or dirty diapers, which isn't entirely a good thing. I've had a cold for a while, and I'm hoping it's just a really really bad cold and not covid or anosmia.
But I did watch an hour of RRR, the movie everyone is telling me to watch. I had high expectations. Given how I'm also coming up with bromance plots between real historical characters, I wanted to understand how to do it right from the movie, and how to write a period piece that will sell. I'm disappointed so far. It's slow, and just goes from set piece to disjointed set piece. I don't feel a connection to the story or characters. But it kills me to see how subservient the Indians are to the British in that movie, especially since you know that part is very true.
My husband tells me he sees that same issue in what he's read of my novel. I know! I hope to fix that in draft 2, put more glue between the scenes to make them stick together and flow better.