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Yes it's the obligatory weekly writerly update!
I'll bet y'all can't wait.
Work has been ongoing. The novel Entanglement, especially is going very well. Not a lot more in the way of fresh wordage, but a lot of progress on the story and motivation and stuff like that.
I spent a whole day working on one character, Jess; working through each phase of her story from the moment the protagonist meets her until her disappearance and in so doing, I found not only the ending, but the whole meaning of the story!
It's hard to describe because it's a complicated tale but, brief as I can - Originally Jess was the crux of the story - she was the reason everything goes wrong for me 'hero' (he's not very heroic. *g*) but then, scrapped that and she just became the consequence of events going awry - then I realised she was far more important - not the reason for what happens, but the meaning...
I'm not explaining it well. Take it from me that what I discovered as I worked through these chapters was crucial and has made me happy. *G*
As for the the ending, I already had it, I worked it out a few weeks ago, but not the reason for it. It's quite a sad ending on the surface, and rather cruel to two important characters and I couldn't work out why - then I realised that this character Jess is so important - she gives the whole thing meaning and makes the end, far from sad and downbeat, actually makes it a hopeful and positive thing.
Anyway, word counts are as follows - Entanglement; coming on well
My TS fic Blue has suffered as a consequence with only half a chapter finished this week, but now the novel is running on clean, smooth rails, I'm expecting to catch up this week.
Such was my writerly week my darlings. I hope yours has been good to you, too. XXX
Work has been ongoing. The novel Entanglement, especially is going very well. Not a lot more in the way of fresh wordage, but a lot of progress on the story and motivation and stuff like that.
I spent a whole day working on one character, Jess; working through each phase of her story from the moment the protagonist meets her until her disappearance and in so doing, I found not only the ending, but the whole meaning of the story!
It's hard to describe because it's a complicated tale but, brief as I can - Originally Jess was the crux of the story - she was the reason everything goes wrong for me 'hero' (he's not very heroic. *g*) but then, scrapped that and she just became the consequence of events going awry - then I realised she was far more important - not the reason for what happens, but the meaning...
I'm not explaining it well. Take it from me that what I discovered as I worked through these chapters was crucial and has made me happy. *G*
As for the the ending, I already had it, I worked it out a few weeks ago, but not the reason for it. It's quite a sad ending on the surface, and rather cruel to two important characters and I couldn't work out why - then I realised that this character Jess is so important - she gives the whole thing meaning and makes the end, far from sad and downbeat, actually makes it a hopeful and positive thing.
Anyway, word counts are as follows - Entanglement; coming on well
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52,812 / 200,000 (26.4%) |
My TS fic Blue has suffered as a consequence with only half a chapter finished this week, but now the novel is running on clean, smooth rails, I'm expecting to catch up this week.
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83,257 / 142,000 (58.6%) |
Such was my writerly week my darlings. I hope yours has been good to you, too. XXX