Princess Cyd Page #2

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decides to go Greece

to get to the bottom of this...

and then when she gets there,

she gets into this...

Be good to see

where your mom came from, huh?

- Hey.

- Hey, doll!

We could have rescheduled. I didn't

mean to mess up time with your niece.

Oh, no, no.

She's running some...

We may never see her again.

I haven't seen her

since she was...

She must have been eight,

that's right after the funeral.

I heard she was there

when it happened.

Yes, fast asleep but...

yeah, she was in the house.

Jesus!

She plays soccer.

Whatever will you talk about?

Ha, I...

That's the thing, I'm scared.

And she seems funny,

she's smart but...

I don't know,

hopefully she likes me.

Rest assured.

So, okay. Where did we...

Where did we leave off?

Uh, part two,

chapter one but we can

backtrack if you've got

any structural...

How is our timing?

When are you showing this...

I told them late summer.

- Oh!

- Yeah.

Well, then, it'll be fine

'cause I really think

the second half, it's just more

about what can come out...

- Rather than any drastic...

- Right, any drastic changes.

Uh... but I will say

if we can back it up...

I thought we might

want to zero in...

If we can back it up

to the end of part one...

um...

I just think it's sort of...

No, it's these two opposing

problems that are dividing the book

a third of the way in.

Um...

the inner part one's characterization,

they're beautiful...

They really are,

but I mentioned that last week

I just think that

the information is just being

kind of clunkily laid out.

Right, which I personally

disagree with.

Right, but that's why

you have come to your

brilliant writer friend Miranda.

- For her ideas.

- I have indeed.

- Just so we're clear.

- And we are.

Um...

So you're starting with this

beautiful study momentum

at the top of part two with DeAndre

and the trail of the journalist.

This is the smoothest most

energized passage in this book.

And then you do

earn in chapter 12,

this breathing space,

this nice patient

lull that relaxes

and speaks to us.

But once the journalist,

I don't know what his name is...

- Earnest.

- Once he throws himself off the bridge,

leaving DeAndre alone,

I think

that's when the book is telling

you, you need to move.

Just move, move, move.

So the philosophical tangents

in parts two and part three,

they probably just need to go.

That's my biggest...

I know, I ca... I can't believe

that I'm saying that.

Who are you and

what have you done with Miranda?

Right?

- Hi!

- Hi.

- Uh, I think I'm lost.

- Where're you trying to be?

- Raven something...

- Ravenswood?

Yes, but there's something else.

Gardens.

Uh, yeah, yeah, that's it.

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