Herc-o-meter: Revisions!

[cathschaffstump]

Well, I’ve revised the first two scenes, and I’ll work on the rough of the Diana/Hercules zoo scene tonight.

Here’s our current word count:

31,560 / 75,000 (41.0%)

The Lernean hydrea did have 9 heads. Mochi Monkey and Yvonne both had the right answer.

Next question: what did Iolaus and Hercules do with the immortal head?

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I thought you might enjoy reading part of the first scene of the story.

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“It had nine heads,” said Nonna Sofia. “If you cut off one of the heads, two would grow back, and one head was immortal.”

Tony stopped wrapping the noodles around his fork. Nonna Sofia’s homemade spaghetti had the right amount of bite. Tony’s nose savored the fragrant tomato sauce. His fork clanked a clam shell as he moved it, and his attention refocused on dinner. Surgically precise, Tony plucked one end of the shell up and licked the tangy sauce off. Nonna offered him crusty bread drizzled in whole garlic lumps and butter. While his parents were in Europe, he was going to get fat this year. Fatter, George would say.

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Comments

[p-sunshine.livejournal.com]

Bad Dr.! Now I want garlic bread, and not the kind that comes in a bag and you just stick in the oven - I want the kind with the giant mounds of garlic.

[sonyamsipes.livejournal.com]

I love the "flashback" when Nonna is telling the story. That's a fun device -- hope you're planning to use that throughout?

[mochimonkey.livejournal.com]

Clams, spaghetti.... danger & slimy swamps! "That's breakfast!" - Bill Cosby

I wonder if they could have eaten the immortal Hydra head instead of burying it? Would each piece remain alive in their bellies?

[cathschaffstump.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Me too.

:)

Catherine

[cathschaffstump.livejournal.com]

I plan to use it some, yeah. :)

Catherine

[cathschaffstump.livejournal.com]

It probably would. I wouldn't want that kind of indigestion!

Catherine

[erised1810.livejournal.com]

i don't know...they cut it up?
oh i wantthat book now! wheeeeeee! i'll dro pal my issues with films-based-on-books if someone catches on to this-oen and wants the film rights. i mean whowey i jsut knwo kdis are goign to love this to bits.