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‘We Have Scene Three!’ A Writer’s Update

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Alex Diaz-Granados
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Chapter 19 gets a third scene!

Evening, Monday, July 29, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire

It’s a bit past 6 PM EDT as I write these words; the day’s last light is filtering through my office window, gently but steadily giving way to the dark of night. It was cloudy for most of the day, so it’s not like the day felt particularly summer-like, but the days are getting gradually shorter as summer passes the midway point. Fall is still a month away, but for now, summer reigns supreme.

Today I pulled myself together and finished the third scene for Reunion: Coda’s nineteenth chapter. I intended to write it during the weekend, but stress about my upcoming move to Miami and mental fatigue hampered my creativity. My move is scheduled for the end of August, but the exact date isn’t confirmed yet.

Despite the new scene (The Unraveling Threads) being only 630 words, shorter than my intended 1,000, it’s finished in its present stage. I devoted two hours to the initial draft from 2:30-4:30 PM and revised it until 5:15 PM. It seems a break over the weekend and consuming four cups of coffee—two at breakfast and another two at lunch—restored my mental energy.

I plan to refine The Unraveling Threads further, but exhaustion is slowing me down. I’ve mentioned my intention to dedicate nighttime hours to the novel to meet the deadline for M-Day, yet I haven’t managed to do so. My sleep has been improving lately, but by 8:30 PM, I find myself so worn out that my evening routine has become having dinner and settling into my room to watch a show (typically on Disney+ or Amazon Prime Video, as my Blu-ray collection is quite unorganized due to unfinished shelving, making it less appealing to watch movies on disc) before I drift off to sleep.

I don’t even know where most of my Ken Burns documentaries are. I can watch The War and The Vietnam War only because I put them in my backpack before I left Tampa last December. So every time I think about watching something on disc, it’s usually something I can’t….

Ah, well. There’s always tomorrow, right?

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6 responses to “‘We Have Scene Three!’ A Writer’s Update”

  1. Cheryl, Gulf Coast Poet Avatar
    Cheryl, Gulf Coast Poet

    Alex, I am not surprised that you are returning to South Florida. Wishing you all the best with your move and your novella! 🍀

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    1. Alex Diaz-Granados Avatar
      Alex Diaz-Granados

      I still have mixed feelings about moving again, but I don’t have a palatable alternative.

      The novella (Reunion: A Story) is already “out” on Amazon. Its bigger, more ambitious “sibling” is what I’m working on now.

      Here’s a link to Reunion (Book 1) in case you’re interested: https://a.co/d/29o3IQ8

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      1. Cheryl, Gulf Coast Poet Avatar
        Cheryl, Gulf Coast Poet

        Thanks for the information. All the best!

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  2. schingle Avatar
    schingle

    A finished scene. Writers love to be able to say that. Well done, Alex!

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    1. Alex Diaz-Granados Avatar
      Alex Diaz-Granados

      Thanks, Paul.

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