It's been a long old week
Oct. 26th, 2011 03:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elingregoryLots of real life stuff going on to interfere with calm and collected internet based activities. I think the low point was having to go through the dustbin to try and find my husband's car keys, though my daughter turning up this morning with an infected lip piercing comes a close second. The high point was my birthday and the astonishing kindness of my online mates. *sniffs* I love you guys. You really put some gloss on an otherwise lacklustre day!
Anyhow, the keys were found [and washed] and TCP was applied and I am soldiering on with my pirate novel. 84K words now and I'm nearing the initial climax.
I say initial because there are 2 threats to the well-being of the protagonists and it's not convenient to see them off simultaneously. It would be interesting to know how people feel about that. Does it work better with one clear danger, one climax then a resolution - or is it okay to solve one problem then up the stakes with the other? Or am I just writing like that to put off having to write smut for as long as possible? [Quite probable in my case.]
I've also made a start on planning for my Nanowrimo attempt. Dark Ages m/m romance with a death count that out does Hamlet. This will be the first time I have set out to write something where I KNOW I'm going to have to kill off characters I've grown fond of. I just hope I have the bottle to do it when the time comes.
My WIP list is growing. 2 more urgent ideas in the past week. One with a Second World War setting, the other contemporary and quite short. Both have been added to the "For Future Reference" list. I hope I live long enough to do the best ones.
Anyhow, the keys were found [and washed] and TCP was applied and I am soldiering on with my pirate novel. 84K words now and I'm nearing the initial climax.
I say initial because there are 2 threats to the well-being of the protagonists and it's not convenient to see them off simultaneously. It would be interesting to know how people feel about that. Does it work better with one clear danger, one climax then a resolution - or is it okay to solve one problem then up the stakes with the other? Or am I just writing like that to put off having to write smut for as long as possible? [Quite probable in my case.]
I've also made a start on planning for my Nanowrimo attempt. Dark Ages m/m romance with a death count that out does Hamlet. This will be the first time I have set out to write something where I KNOW I'm going to have to kill off characters I've grown fond of. I just hope I have the bottle to do it when the time comes.
My WIP list is growing. 2 more urgent ideas in the past week. One with a Second World War setting, the other contemporary and quite short. Both have been added to the "For Future Reference" list. I hope I live long enough to do the best ones.
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Date: 2011-10-26 03:14 pm (UTC)And good luck with your murderous story plans. I admit I have started hating my current story a little because of the number of minor characters I thought I had to kill off in a violent manner.
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Date: 2011-10-26 03:17 pm (UTC)It's hard enough killing people in stories. I can't imagine how incredibly difficult it must be to do in real life.