Hey, Julia--

I've read a not-quite-finished draft of chapter two, in first person, that's terrific--you're going to be extremely happy, but I told Barrett not to send it yet because it's still lacking a couple thousand words about Gregg's time in prison, and I feel like we've (collectively) gotten into a rut when Barrett sends material before he's dotted the i's.  So you to have a full draft so that you won't wonder / worry about what's still t.k. in that particular chapter.

I've told him to turn to the TOC/outline thing next (we were communicating about the chapter till about 1 a.m.), once he adds the prison stuff.

So we're on the same page, I've directed him to do a four-five page set of 1st person chapter summaries, along the lines of

Chpt 1:
"The book will open with _____, an op I initiated in the early days of Anonymous...
In this chapter I'll tell about how
*Bullet 1______
*Bullet 2______
*Bullet 3______ etc"

Chpt 2:
"When I was X my dad went to jail for Y. His life as a criminal established a world view for me that -------. In this chapter I'll tell about how
*Bullet 1______
*Bullet 2______
*Bullet 3______ etc"
Then sum up how those events set the stage for

Chpt 3:

And so on--mayb 150/200 words per?

Let me know if this ISN'T going to do the job here, OK?  But that's what I've asked Barrett for.

-D


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Dan Conaway
Literary Agent
Writers House
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From: Cheiffetz, Julia [juliac@amazon.com]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:24 PM
To: Gregg Housh; Barrett Brown
Cc: Daniel Conaway; Salisbury, Katie
Subject: Status update?

Dear Gregg, Dear Barrett,

How did your visit go? We were thinking of your last week.

Can you get me an updated TOC that by January 27th? The goal is to give us a clear picture of what scenes whill be the focal point of each chapter. We also need to get a flavor of the first person element.

Best,
Julia