September 12: Paper Towns, Part 1
2007-09-12 · story · John · 3:44 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Books & writing · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: song or performance, self promotion, recurring series
John reads the first half of the opening chapter of his in-progress novel Paper Towns, in which ten-year-old Quentin and Margo find a dead man in their Orlando subdivision's park.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Greeting; John will read from the first chapter of his new book Paper Towns, still rough; input welcome
- ★★★ John reads to Hank from the first chapter of his new book Paper Towns, warning that the draft is rough and will sound different when it comes out next year (2008). — 00:00:00 · Paper Towns
- ★★ The description says Paper Towns will be published by Dutton in September 2008, provided John finishes it on time; John says it comes out next year (2008). — 00:00:00 · Paper Towns
- ★★ John tells Hank his input on the draft chapter is welcome. — 00:00:00 · Paper Towns
00:00:20 — Reading: Jefferson Park, Dr. Jefferson Jefferson, Margo, the Ringolator, and finding a dead man in the park
- ★★ In the reading, the narrator and Margo Roth Spiegelman grow up next door from age two in Jefferson Park, an Orlando subdivision on a former Navy base. (fiction) — 00:00:00 · Paper Towns
- ★ The reading describes Dr. Jefferson Jefferson, an orange juice salesman who, once rich, had his first name legally changed to "Doctor". (fiction) — 00:00:39
- ★ At ten, the narrator tells Margo about his invention idea, the Ringolator, a cannon to give Earth rings like Saturn's. (fiction) — 00:01:38
- ★★★ In the park, Quentin and Margo find a dead man in a gray suit slumped against a live oak, blood coming from his mouth. (fiction) — 00:02:37
00:03:15 — Sign-off: John will finish reading the flashback on Friday
- ★★ John tells Hank he will finish reading this flashback on Friday. — 00:03:09 · Paper Towns
Threads in this video
- asked · John: asks Hank for input on the Paper Towns draft chapter (2007) — John invites Hank's input on the rough first chapter of Paper Towns (00:00:00)
- promised · John: finish reading the Paper Towns first-chapter flashback on Friday (2007) — John promises to finish reading the Paper Towns flashback on Friday (00:03:09)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- John: asks Hank for input on the Paper Towns draft chapter (2007) — reported back; last: result reported, 2007-09-13
- John: finish reading the Paper Towns first-chapter flashback on Friday (2007) — kept
Mentioned
Central: Paper Towns
Also: Dr. Jefferson Jefferson · Jefferson Park · Margo Roth Spiegelman · Orlando, Florida · Quentin Jacobsen
Only in the description or credits: Dutton Books
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-09-13 · September 13th: HA! I read from MY Novel :-p (Hank) — imitates answers (result on John: asks Hank for input on the Paper Towns draft chapter (2007)) — Hank gives his input on the Paper Towns flashback: the only problem is the cliffhanger. (00:02:15)
- 2007-09-14 · September 14th: Paper Towns, Part 2 (John) — continues (kept on John: finish reading the Paper Towns first-chapter flashback on Friday (2007)) — John reads the second half of the Paper Towns first chapter on Friday as promised. (00:00:05)