12-4-12  Milestones and Musicals

I've hit another milestone. I am up to 40k words on first draft. I'm resisting the urge to revise. I did that 2 months ago and lost 3 weeks in fiddling. So now it's battin down the hatches and finish this sucka.

I'm closing on my mid-point - still. I am still two scenes away, and I'm right there. Then it's on to the climax. When I wrote the "set up" part of the story I could not get past that horizon. I had to pause to reboot on where to go. I'm feeling the same way with the mid-point. Once I get past it, I can get a better grasp on where to go. Chancy way to write. Not sure I'd do it again this way, but it a exciting, if not a bit scary. I'm depending on my characters.

Before the turning point there is one small incident I need to write. Story wize it is 4-14-35. Sunday. Black Sunday. It's the end of the world in the form of a dust storm.

As promised, here is a synopsis for Poor Farm: The Musical. The sequel (of sorts) to my story. Since the story is not out yet just consider this a fun thing.

Part 1

 POOR FARM: THE MUSICAL

The ghosts of an old poor farm find out their poorhouse will be turned into a casino. After brainstorming ideas on how to raise money, they decide to use a front to turn their poor farm into a bed and breakfast with “family friendly hauntings." Their goal is to match the casino bid. The ghosts come up with alternate haunting themes for different types of venus. One could be for bachelor parties. Another for murder mystery parties. And then there's the all out “stay if you dare sleepover challenge."

One ghost, a movie fan, saw “The House on Haunted Hill”. Time is growing short, and they need lots of money fast. They offer a $1 million entry fee and an $10 million prize to get the money to save their farm. They are going to scare the pants of some rich folks. 

They succeed too well.

All the rich dare takers go insane. A lawyer for those rich crazy kids has power of attorney. No money is coming. Out ghosts lose the poor farm. The casino owner has an offer for the front. He knows the place is haunted. He is willing to give the ghosts jobs; to haunt the customers with big lucky streaks.

 After a huddle, the ghosts agree. All this is just a minor setback. They can still get their money. That same movie fan ghost, you see, saw a Frank Sinatra movie called “Oceans Eleven. They’ll just need eleven "bodies" to, you know, rob the joint. Anyone know any zombies?

Part 2 coming to a really bent community theater near you.

There's more. --Later--