In a message dated 3/31/08 1:28:06 AM,
michaelconnelly187@yahoo.com writes:
> I had written two novels that were never published
-- never even
> sent out for consideration. These were private
detective novels and in these
> I think I went
> through that process in which the protagonist was an
idealized version of
> me. These were
> learning experiences but not good enough to be
published. I put them away
> for good.
>
I strongly suspect that there are elements in those stories,
the very root of what made you write about them, that you
could revisit now with your advanced skillset and publishing
clout. I had an experience somewhat like that
I'm a screenwriter, not a novelist, but I've always loved
crime fiction and detective stories in all forms of media.
back in 82 I thought I'd take a crack at a first person, L.A.
private eye type of story. the protagonist was a young law
student in love with a girl he grew up with, who of course is
trouble. I hadn't the slightest idea how to write a mystery
back then and it showed in the plotting. but there was an
emotional core in it that a producer friend of mine responded
to and he constantly encouraged me to rewrite it. years,
hell, DECADES later I did. the project still has the same
emotional core only more fully realized and is as
labyrinthian as a mouse maze. it has more heart in it than
any of the cold, glib or manipulative work I had done prior
and made me a better writer for it. a fine director is
attached to it and we're closing in on independant
financing
of course, this being Hollywood, the land of compromise where
every gain comes at great cost, financial realities will
probably force us to take the story out of Los Angeles and
set it someplace else. and all I wanted to do way back then
was to write an L.A. detective story
anyway, getting back on point. I'm pretty sure you could find
the kernel in those stories, do them again now and they would
kick ass bigtime
John Lau
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