Now, with a little help from the prologue, I can write an all-new first chapter, while setting the mood for the story.
This week word count goal: 32 500 words (bis!)
Word count so far: 19 529 words
Apparently, the current trend in the book industry is against the existence of prologues.
Why write a prologue when you can just start with chapter one?
In my very humble writer/reader/movie lover opinion, here’s why.
that is not an excuse to not work on YA WIP. Which I did. For a very short amount of time.
This week word count goal: 32 500 words
Word count so far: 18 674 words
I wrote, in a previous post, about how your writer’s life has to adapt to your life as a parent.
Well, today was such a day.
Kiddo took forever to fall asleep; today’s day job work was… something else; I am thoroughly exhausted.
But, that is not an excuse to not work on YA WIP. Which I did. For a very short amount of time.
I am sure I will end up deleting every single word I wrote tonight because it is sooo not working. The whole chapter I thought I had all figured out is not working.
I know why.
It’s because of the rule of three.
In YA WIP, action happens in a haunted place, in a college and in third place (I’m not sure yet, since a character who was supposed to simply show up once brought something way more interesting, in a creating conflicts kinda way).
In the present chapter I am working on, I created a fourth place. And it simply doesn’t work.
The fourth place is where we meet the half-way there antagonist, and I am info-dumping like crazy. Too many details, too many dialogues, too many backstories conflicts that are getting in the way of the actual action.
In short, I am making things too complicated for the reader.
That chapter needs a complete re-write. The one before too.
But it will have to wait until tomorrow. Now, it is brainstorming time. I have to get my characters out of there while introducing the half-way antagonist and the new character. A cute one too.
Anyhou, thanks for reading. Until next time!
Work count goal for the week: 32 500 words
Word count so far: 18 406 words
I cheated today.
I took two hours out of my working day (I so happy to be my own boss!) to work on the YA WIP.
The results were far from great. I had a hard time focusing on the writing, but a pretty good time shopping online for my kiddo – kiddos clothes are the best.
At least, instead of letting myself feel like a loser because of a disapointing word count, I simply reminded myself that I am a creature of habits.
My writing time is at night, and therefore, getting the creative writing juices running during day is harder.
Because during the day, I blog with keywords, topics, sentences length in mind.
A very, very good thing came out of it though: a good brainstorm for the end of the present chapter. Plus, I got the next chapter all figured out.
It helped me tonight, not to write faster I’m afraid, but certainly to write with more confidence.
I had fun writing for the first time since the beginning of this writing rush week I imposed on myself.
Something I am now very inclined to think I won’t do again!
A little pressure is good. A lot of pressure is too much.
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