I am workshopping my true crime graphic novel online.
30 strange chapters completed. I am working on the 31st today. Then 15 to go.
I am sure it is all as confusing as a Twin Peaks episode!
The online workshopping method helps me get perspective. Laying out ALL the information for editing it down and re-drawing for the eventual book draft.
The music helps me shape (choreograph) the chapter.
OUTLINE SO FAR:
BW: BABES IN THE WOOD
MO: MOLLY O’DWYER
KT: KATARINA THORSEN
| PART | TITLE | MUSIC
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| DEDICATION | KT | ||
| FOREWORD | |||
| 1A
JAN 15, 2017 |
THE CRIME SKETCHBOOK | BW | BABES IN THE WOOD, 1941 |
| 1B | THE HEADLINES | BW | DRAGNET THEME, 1953 |
| 2A | WHY ME? | KT | VUD- UNDERWATER |
| 2B
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A CHILD IS BORN | MO | LULLABY FOR CAIN (SINEAD O’CONNOR) |
| 3A | THE DNA | BW | IT’S OH SO QUIET (BJORK) |
| 3B | NORAH | MO | MISERERE MEI, DEUS, 1630 (GREGORIO ALLEGRI) |
| 4A | LIPSTICK LIZ | BW | ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT, 1947 (THELONIUS MONK) |
| 4B | PIER 21, THE PASSENGER LIST | MO | THE LAST SHIP SAILS (STING) |
| 5A | THE CRIME SCENE, 1953 | BW | NATURE SOUNDS: THE ENCHANTED FOREST |
| 5B | TO ALBERTA, 1929 | MO | DIFFERENT TRAINS PART 1 (STEVE REICH) |
| 6A | PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, THE LIST | BW | SYCAMORE TREES (JIMMY SCOTT) |
| 6B | A DIALOGUE WITH MOLLY | MO | THE RITE OF SPRING (STRAVINSKY) |
| 7A | A FUR COAT | BW | CALEB’S SEDUCTION (MARK KORVEN) |
| 7B | THE BUTTON | BW | SOMEONE ELSE’S DREAM (LAURIE ANDERSON) |
| 8A | A CHILD’S SHOE | BW | TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (OPENING TITLE) |
| 8B | ADOLESCENCE | MO | HUMMING CHORUS (MADAM BUTTERFLY, PUCCINI) |
| 9A | NATURE’S LAW | MO | DANNY BOY (SINEAD O’CONNOR) |
| 9B | AFTEREFFECTS | MO | DADDY’S LI’L GIRL (BIKINI KILL) |
| 10A | TARTAN | BW | RAGS TO RICHES, 1953 (TONY BENNETT) |
| 10B | JOSEPH | MO | EVERY SINGLE NIGHT (FIONA APPLE) |
| 11A | JOSEPH’S FILE | MO | THE BLUE FLAME, THE CATHERINE WHEEL (DAVID BYRNE) |
| 11B | MY LEAD | BW MO
KT |
MOLLY MALONE (SINEAD O’CONNOR) |
| 12A | THE ARCHIVES | MO | OBEDEAR (PURITY RING) |
| 12B | ANAM CARA | MO | OLD TIMES (THE OTHERS SOUNDTRACK) |
| 13A | PUTTING FLESH TO BONE | BW | SONATA FOR CELLO & PIANO IN F MINOR ENESCU (THE MUTATO MU) |
| 13B | RECONSTRUCTING MOLLY | MO | I AM WAITING (THE ROLLING STONES) |
| 14A | MOLLY WAS “OH SO PERFECT” | MO | MISS CELIE’S BLUES (MOLLY JOHNSON) |
| 14B | YOUNG ADULT | MO | AFTERNOON OF A FAUN (DEBUSSY) |
| 15A | FORENSIC TAPHONOMY | BW | DAYDREAMING (RADIOHEAD) |
| 15B | WOUNDS | BW | THE ELECTRICIAN (THE WALKER BROTHERS) |
Sometimes I feel brutally unsure, crawling. Sometimes it all writes itself.
And, somehow– the double helix of the two timelines continues to twist around themselves.
30 strange chapters completed. 23 parts for a total 46 chapters.
23 pairs of chromosomes.
And I am either getting closer to the truth- my truth- or farther and farther away from it.
Who am I really writing and illustrating this for?
I remind myself that nothing is set in stone.
