Fanwriting: Week 3 Word Counts

Monday's Word Count:

124 (c. 1, draft)

Tuesday's Word Count:

174 (c. 1, draft)

Wednesday's Word Count:

140 (c. 1, draft)

Thursday's Word Count:

31 (c. 1, draft)

Sample Text:

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This last scene of chapter 1 has decided to give me trouble. Bah, humbug. I persevere.

Review: The Hunger Games (Gary Ross)

Nearly a century ago, the thirteen districts of Panem rose in rebellion against their Capitol and lost. Ever since, each district has been required each year to send a tribute of one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to fight to the death in the Hunger Games. In all that time, District 12 has seen only one victor, so when Katniss Everdeen volunteers in order to save her sister Prim from being selected, she knows her chances are surviving are slim. Slim, but not non-existent: she has the help of her cynical mentor, Haymitch, her Capitol-assigned stylist, Cinna, and perhaps even that of her fellow tribute, Peeta … despite the fact that to win, she'll have to kill him …

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Worth seeing in the theater, but I'm looking forward to getting the right distance on those opening shaky-cam shots on a television screen once the DVD comes out.