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Feb. 10th, 2005
I just spent forty-five minutes going through the first five files containing my book and adding in chapter divisions and numbers. I had started out writing the chapters with headings, but stopped when I realized that what I was writing were scenes, not chapters, and more than one scene could usually fit in a chapter. Also, I was writing them all out of order, so I kept saying things like "Chapter the Next". Messy. It's fixed, up to the fifth file. Since the sixth is a really long one, I'm going to leave it for tomorrow.
I also reread parts of the story as I went along, especially the heavily interpersonal chapters - the one where Annarisse and Treeden have it out, where Annarisse makes her "sell her soul to the Devil" pact with Salvatore, the confession/penance scenes, the campfire scene - the ones I had fun with even while they possessed me. Those scenes were the reason I wrote the book. They were iching to be written, and they were so real to me from the outset that I had to get them down, out of order and all as they were. The rest of the story is a prop for this stuff. Mind you, it's a swashbuckling, action-packed adventure of a prop; but it's a prop nonetheless.
I have no idea if my consistency is good through the other chapters, but these ones are all quite clear to me. They fit with each other and with the tone I want for the book. And, biased though i undoubtedly am, I really believe they're good writing. The reason I keep going through the boring bits and spend so much energy on the action bits is to get to these parts where I'm in my element as a writer. That's why my next book (yes, I have planned it a bit) will be mostly of the interpersonal type. It works for me.
My eyes are droopy. G'night. (BTW, the poll is for anyone who thinks of themselves as a writer. Being published is not a prerequisite.)
I also reread parts of the story as I went along, especially the heavily interpersonal chapters - the one where Annarisse and Treeden have it out, where Annarisse makes her "sell her soul to the Devil" pact with Salvatore, the confession/penance scenes, the campfire scene - the ones I had fun with even while they possessed me. Those scenes were the reason I wrote the book. They were iching to be written, and they were so real to me from the outset that I had to get them down, out of order and all as they were. The rest of the story is a prop for this stuff. Mind you, it's a swashbuckling, action-packed adventure of a prop; but it's a prop nonetheless.
I have no idea if my consistency is good through the other chapters, but these ones are all quite clear to me. They fit with each other and with the tone I want for the book. And, biased though i undoubtedly am, I really believe they're good writing. The reason I keep going through the boring bits and spend so much energy on the action bits is to get to these parts where I'm in my element as a writer. That's why my next book (yes, I have planned it a bit) will be mostly of the interpersonal type. It works for me.
My eyes are droopy. G'night. (BTW, the poll is for anyone who thinks of themselves as a writer. Being published is not a prerequisite.)