I was scribbling in a beat-to-shit legal pad this evening on a new screenplay project, flipped the page, and was stunned to see words already on that page, scanned below. I then grinned like a fool.
Longtime 7th Son trilogy fans may recall Book Three: Destruction’s elaborate action sequence aboard EvacSys, an underground bullet train designed to whisk United Nations leaders away from the Secretariat building during a terrorist attack.
The notebook page I discovered tonight chronicles the first brainstorm session I had about EvacSys. Unlike most of my fiction ideas, the concept for EvacSys changed very little from these proto-notes to the finished story. I can remember exactly where I was when I jotted these notes.
I was so delighted by this, I simply had to share it. I hope you enjoy it. Give the image a click to see a larger version of the scan.
–J.C.
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Not only is that a major find, your handwriting is very cool. Don’t see that much now with all the click-clack typing that goes on. Rock it old school JCH!
Neat! And (as I’ve said) the EvacSys sequence and its conclusion were among my favorite 7TH SON moments, which makes it all the neater. (And given that episode, I like your choice of post title.
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Incidentally, Lynette’s comment reminds me of Patrick McLean’s “In Defense of Longhand” (http://patrickemclean.com/podcast/a-defense-of-writing-longhand-2/), well worth a listen.
Cool look “behind the scenes”. Thanks JC!