I’ve created a whiteboard that will give me a list of the chapters at a glance, so I can track the main characters of this project. They move in different circles, at the same time, so I need a visual aid while juggling chapters.
I have all this on Scrivener, & can create a doc for this, but I want something physical to look at, so it’s one less thing I have to log in for. I’ve filled in 2 ch. titles already: the 1st & the last (not including epilogues).
The chapters will be named after the featured songs (only a few don’t have one), but I’ve given these working titles to avoid spoilers. The last chapter is “The Kindly Ones,” from the Aeschylus play, as his Oresteid is a chief influence, & that’s the last play.
The first is “I Believe in You,” which is a song, but not the one I actually use. Instead, I’ll use it when I create a drawing video for this chapter. I include it here because it’s a good example of the energy I’m going for in the story.
It’s from “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” & is a song that Robert Trebor himself sang when he starred in a production of it. This chapter introduces his Xena/Herc character, Salmoneus, to the story, 25 years later.
Like the musical’s character, Finch, Sal has found himself a target of others. It’s 4 years since he got in Livia’s way, and now, unbeknownst to him, Eve is en route to his island. As it happens, she now has a lot in common with him: they’re both a “seeker of wisdom & truth”
And both find themselves caught up between larger forces at play. There are much more serious moments than this in the script, but I hope not to stray to far from this model. I’ll link to the video, here: