My writing was put on hold for over two years after I completed the first draft; I did not know how to edit something 80K words long. I tried editing it probably twice or three times but the method I was trying wasn't working--I was reading the manuscript while make changes, next I tried reading the manuscript while taking notes on what it was about.
A few weeks ago I read the chapters of 'Nail Your Novel' by Roz Morris about what to do before you rewrite. It promotes making a Beat Sheet, so now I am reading my entire manuscript while making notes on MS Excel under certain headings so that I can see my entire manuscript in a few pages.
At the beginning we see Paula Alquist (Ingrid Bergman) in her singing lessons. She has fallen in love. Unfortunately for her, her lover, Gregory Anton (Charles Boyer), wants to move to London, the very place that Paula's aunt was murdered.
She loves him enough to tell him that her aunt left her a house in London. Soon after, they get married and move there. Unfortunately for her, he's not as he once seemed.
SPOILERS AHEAD!!: We see Paula getting driven mad by her husband. She does not leave the house, she does not have any friends. The best part about this film was that everything was done so gradually and the husband acted in such a way that Paula didn't even… Read more
A beautiful eighteen-year-old girl named Eden thought she could have everything, that she even set her eyes on her new music teacher who is four years older than her. After seeing him, James Christian, Eden can think of nothing but him. She no longer wishes to be with her current boyfriend, Matt, since she feels that any excitement their relationship had died long ago, and that she and Matt were only together so that they would have someone to date.
Not only that, Eden starts to feel too immature compared to her twenty-two-year-old teacher. She starts listening to classical music, which James refers to as food, while all other types of music are referred to as junk food. She… Read more
