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The Writerly Update: This-Weather-Is-Friggin-Awesome Edition
It annoys me greatly to have been stuck in an office for most of this week instead of being able to sit home in my sunroom enjoying the weather and all the pretty blooming things. I need to figure out a way to reconfigure my office so I can flip my desk around to look out the window instead of sitting with my back to it. Center City Philadelphia may not be as calm and peaceful as my backyard, but after the Milton-in-Office-Space shuffling I experienced at my last office job, I greatly appreciate having a view.
Onto the writerly update:
About 3,000 words further in the last two weeks. Meh. But I finished the rewrite of chapter 12, chapter 13 was already done as a result of all the chapter splitting and shuffling I did a few weeks ago, and chapter 14 is coming along nicely, I think.
I've been surprised to find out how much I enjoy writing the political intrigue and manipulation aspects of this story. Whether I'm any good at it remains to be seen, but those parts have been the most fun to work on. When I started the first version of this novel several years ago, I expected it to be more of a Big Epic Questy Thing with Kick-Ass Sword Fights type story. But then it started to morph, particularly when someone who began as a supporting character wormed his way into becoming co-protagonist along with my initial main character. So there's still some questy-ness to the story, and there are still sword fights, but with the co-protagonist came a lot more political intrigue (and sex) than I had planned on. It's made for a far more interesting story, so I'm glad he charmed his way into securing a larger role.
Now if only I could come up with a decent title for the damn thing. I likely mentioned in a post way back when that the novel was originally called Prophecy's Sons. My Big Honking Rewrite Idea, however, involved axing the prophecy. Jettisoning that pesky prophecy was probably the best thing I could have done for this story, but it does leave me in need of a new title. I was hoping I'd come up with a new one by this point in the rewrite, but no such luck. Often, potential titles will leap out at me early on in writing something. But when they don't, I have the hardest dang time coming up with one. Earlier today I jotted down a list of words tied to themes and plot points in the novel and stared at it in the hopes of coming up with something, but no such luck. I know it's not the end of the world if I don't come up with a title in the near future, but I find having a title comforting when writing. Not having one leaves me antsy, like if I'm missing the title, then what else am I missing about the story?
Onto the writerly update:
40200 / 118000
(34.07%)
(34.07%)
About 3,000 words further in the last two weeks. Meh. But I finished the rewrite of chapter 12, chapter 13 was already done as a result of all the chapter splitting and shuffling I did a few weeks ago, and chapter 14 is coming along nicely, I think.
I've been surprised to find out how much I enjoy writing the political intrigue and manipulation aspects of this story. Whether I'm any good at it remains to be seen, but those parts have been the most fun to work on. When I started the first version of this novel several years ago, I expected it to be more of a Big Epic Questy Thing with Kick-Ass Sword Fights type story. But then it started to morph, particularly when someone who began as a supporting character wormed his way into becoming co-protagonist along with my initial main character. So there's still some questy-ness to the story, and there are still sword fights, but with the co-protagonist came a lot more political intrigue (and sex) than I had planned on. It's made for a far more interesting story, so I'm glad he charmed his way into securing a larger role.
Now if only I could come up with a decent title for the damn thing. I likely mentioned in a post way back when that the novel was originally called Prophecy's Sons. My Big Honking Rewrite Idea, however, involved axing the prophecy. Jettisoning that pesky prophecy was probably the best thing I could have done for this story, but it does leave me in need of a new title. I was hoping I'd come up with a new one by this point in the rewrite, but no such luck. Often, potential titles will leap out at me early on in writing something. But when they don't, I have the hardest dang time coming up with one. Earlier today I jotted down a list of words tied to themes and plot points in the novel and stared at it in the hopes of coming up with something, but no such luck. I know it's not the end of the world if I don't come up with a title in the near future, but I find having a title comforting when writing. Not having one leaves me antsy, like if I'm missing the title, then what else am I missing about the story?