Missed my walk this morning and started work early, so it's been a not-terribly productive Thursday so far. And we were too tired for pumpkin carving last night, so that's today's lunchtime job.
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ON DECK: Cutting words this morning in a brief session, chopped 180 total across three or four scenes. These are specific cuts to fix a pacing issue in these scenes, but I'm also aiming to lose 20,000 words or so across the whole draft. I'll get into those chunkier cuts soon.
LISTENING: Really enjoyed this interview with Elliot Higgins of Bellingcat, the open source intelligence and investigative organisation, over at Spycast.
WATCHING: We resumed RINGS OF POWER last night and got caught up to the penultimate episode. Finally seeing that absurd budget on the screen a little bit, which is good. But it's still bonkers to me that this show costs more than the movies.
READING: Continuing with DEATH IN THE ARCTIC. Pretty sure the murderous other shoe is about to drop.
UP NEXT: Lots and lots and lots of cuts to PROJECT SHARD, plus an exciting call tomorrow. As for next week? No idea.