I never thought this would actually happen, but I finished a chapter within a day of beginning it. Chapter Eight took about two weeks to complete... Chapter Nine took two days. This puts me ahead of schedule, although I'm still sure Chapter Eight will implode in the second draft.
Chapter Nine, You Are The Reason, is act one of Victor's major scheme, which involves infiltrating a radio station. The chapter also offers further insight into the characters' attitudes towards the events going on, and, more importantly, tells the reader what happened to Seth in Voteporix (which will probably be moved back into C8 when it isn't broken).
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
6 days left
I have six days to finish Chapter Nine, which I have begun with a decent 2000-ish words. I have completed Chapter Eight, although I don't think I will be sharing it - the whole thing is very broken, and will kind of be spread over previous chapters, particularly C4. So, I dare say after the second draft, an entire chapter will be gutted.
Chapter Nine introduces a future time line for the first time, although it is nothing drastic - the current time line is set on the trip to where the second one is set. Basically, I have done this to decrease the transportation, which would probably come across as needless filler.
Basically, C9 sees the first properly structured stage of Victor's scheme, having the group return to Tirus (the city) temporarily to attempt to discover the whereabouts of the corpse of Ian Treale. So, I have basically chosen what is going to unfold. So it's a pretty exciting time for the writing process. With the Pen Expers happenings over with, I can finally begin to draw the curtain.
Chapter Nine introduces a future time line for the first time, although it is nothing drastic - the current time line is set on the trip to where the second one is set. Basically, I have done this to decrease the transportation, which would probably come across as needless filler.
Basically, C9 sees the first properly structured stage of Victor's scheme, having the group return to Tirus (the city) temporarily to attempt to discover the whereabouts of the corpse of Ian Treale. So, I have basically chosen what is going to unfold. So it's a pretty exciting time for the writing process. With the Pen Expers happenings over with, I can finally begin to draw the curtain.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Chapter Eight Progress
I have been very lazy.
Chapter Eight, Fly Like An Eagle, is currently sitting at around 6000 words... So, it isn't far from being finished. But at the same time, it carries a kind of burden: because I decidedly changed my mind about what's going to happen, I had to lay out a description of the 'problem' in the book with a wall of dialogue. It does work well enough in context (Eric finally demands Victor tell the others and himself what's going on and why they're doing what they're doing), but a lot of it should be eased in during the earlier chapters. This'll be fixed during the second draft, though.
Fly Like An Eagle focuses mostly on Victor, somebody who has been around since the second chapter but has never really stepped into the spotlight... the only other character who hasn't done this yet is Angelica. It is the most dialogue-intensive chapter of the book so far, I dare say, thanks to Victor's explanation on Ruben Storm.
What I've decided on isn't something completely surprising to myself - the first time I attempted a super-power based project, which was called Black Calibre, it had a similar threat. I've always favoured the idea of having a non-human antagonist, which is going to be the case in Calibre. It is also not unconditionally biased towards the protagonist's intentions, which is something I feel helps make the world seem more vivid: there is always to sides to a story, and that is going to be the case with Calibre.
Anyway, I hope to finish C8 by tonight. I'll update this if I manage to do so.
Chapter Eight, Fly Like An Eagle, is currently sitting at around 6000 words... So, it isn't far from being finished. But at the same time, it carries a kind of burden: because I decidedly changed my mind about what's going to happen, I had to lay out a description of the 'problem' in the book with a wall of dialogue. It does work well enough in context (Eric finally demands Victor tell the others and himself what's going on and why they're doing what they're doing), but a lot of it should be eased in during the earlier chapters. This'll be fixed during the second draft, though.
Fly Like An Eagle focuses mostly on Victor, somebody who has been around since the second chapter but has never really stepped into the spotlight... the only other character who hasn't done this yet is Angelica. It is the most dialogue-intensive chapter of the book so far, I dare say, thanks to Victor's explanation on Ruben Storm.
What I've decided on isn't something completely surprising to myself - the first time I attempted a super-power based project, which was called Black Calibre, it had a similar threat. I've always favoured the idea of having a non-human antagonist, which is going to be the case in Calibre. It is also not unconditionally biased towards the protagonist's intentions, which is something I feel helps make the world seem more vivid: there is always to sides to a story, and that is going to be the case with Calibre.
Anyway, I hope to finish C8 by tonight. I'll update this if I manage to do so.
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