Another Journey
Just a tiny bit of news.
Yesterday I finalized my second book's outline. The very early title of the book is Well of the World, and it is currently six chapters longer than Song of the Fell Hammer. The outline took about two months to fully come together, but it did in a flurry while I sat in the majestic University of Washington's Suzzallo Library reading room a few days ago. It just goes to show how important environment can play in the creative process sometimes.
Well of the World will include point of view chapters from three more sources that will accompany those from the first book. I felt after re-reading Song of the Fell Hammer that readers would want to learn more about some of that first book's periphery characters, and I have to admit I wanted to learn more about them too. Overall, they help make the second book deeper and stronger.
The outlining time spent on this new book was great fun. I gave myself enough time to let the story really sink in before I began writing any of it down, and unlike the first book—which did not have a compelted outline at its start—this book does and I feel a lot more comfortable with it. The other advantageous highlight of working the book through its course before writing it has been I already know how I want to approach the next book. With that knowledge, I can seed certain plot elements into Well of the World and let them grow and bloom in the next book.
With the outline done, I have begun writing. It has been almost three months since I last sat down and put words down in a chapter, but it came easily and clearly this morning. I think the Prologue will be finished tomorrow—the setting of the novel finished—and I will begin Chapter One on Monday.
I am very excited about this book. The story is a good one. Its literary allegorical meaning is assured, and the climax will be great fun to write. It is filled with action and mystery, and it continues the storyline of those people in the first book. As a bridge book goes, the middle of a trilogy, I think it stands up all on its own. And that's what a middle book should do.
Yesterday I finalized my second book's outline. The very early title of the book is Well of the World, and it is currently six chapters longer than Song of the Fell Hammer. The outline took about two months to fully come together, but it did in a flurry while I sat in the majestic University of Washington's Suzzallo Library reading room a few days ago. It just goes to show how important environment can play in the creative process sometimes.
Well of the World will include point of view chapters from three more sources that will accompany those from the first book. I felt after re-reading Song of the Fell Hammer that readers would want to learn more about some of that first book's periphery characters, and I have to admit I wanted to learn more about them too. Overall, they help make the second book deeper and stronger.
The outlining time spent on this new book was great fun. I gave myself enough time to let the story really sink in before I began writing any of it down, and unlike the first book—which did not have a compelted outline at its start—this book does and I feel a lot more comfortable with it. The other advantageous highlight of working the book through its course before writing it has been I already know how I want to approach the next book. With that knowledge, I can seed certain plot elements into Well of the World and let them grow and bloom in the next book.
With the outline done, I have begun writing. It has been almost three months since I last sat down and put words down in a chapter, but it came easily and clearly this morning. I think the Prologue will be finished tomorrow—the setting of the novel finished—and I will begin Chapter One on Monday.
I am very excited about this book. The story is a good one. Its literary allegorical meaning is assured, and the climax will be great fun to write. It is filled with action and mystery, and it continues the storyline of those people in the first book. As a bridge book goes, the middle of a trilogy, I think it stands up all on its own. And that's what a middle book should do.
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