Chapter 12
Chapter 12 is now finished. It took a bit longer than I thought it would, mostly because it is pivotal chapter where important new characters are introduced into the story. That always must be handled with utmost tact, and it took me -- particularly in two spots -- a longer time to get the correct words out in the right order.
That said, I really like the chapter. It was the last Bran chapter of three straight and is the finish of a good short arc. The word count is:
Prologue: 3045
Chapter 1: 4075
Chapter 2: 2973
Chapter 3: 3241
Chapter 4: 4144
Chapter 5: 4547
Chapter 6: 2793
Chapter 7: 3598
Chapter 8: 4939
Chapter 9: 4257
Interlude: 2372
Chapter 10: 3346
Chapter 11: 3185
Chapter 12: 3639
Gotta keep on writing. That's the name of the game.
In like news, last week the agent I am working with on this project asked for the outline to the entire story. I went back over my original outline, preparing it by adding aspects to it that have just been in my head for a long while, and I was struck with how close I've stayed on the outline's path. After looking at the outline again, I'm even more excited to get to its end; I think it is a good strong story that will appeal to Terry Brooks and Jim Butcher fans.
I hope Ralph likes the outline. And if he doesn't, I hope he can share insight into how to improve the story. A writer can only read so many books on plot development and storyboarding -- the writer must eventually build their own story and sometimes we are so close to our own projects that we can't see their flaws. I might be one of the latter writers, so having a professional look it over is great. We'll see what happens; I may be rewriting a huge chunk of the book for all I know!
Okay, time to outline Chapter 13, which is a Cardinal Cormac chapter. I am gonna enjoy writing this one, because I get to introduce the other Vigilo, the Pope, and set into motion other events that have a serious outcome on the climax of the story. Not sure when I will finish the chapter but I hope to by the end of the week.
As for right now, I have to read Aidan Moher's first 25 pages of his novel, Through Bended Grass, and get back to him on it. I haven't been doing a lot of reading lately, so it will be nice to break the writing routine and do something for fun for a change.
That said, I really like the chapter. It was the last Bran chapter of three straight and is the finish of a good short arc. The word count is:
Prologue: 3045
Chapter 1: 4075
Chapter 2: 2973
Chapter 3: 3241
Chapter 4: 4144
Chapter 5: 4547
Chapter 6: 2793
Chapter 7: 3598
Chapter 8: 4939
Chapter 9: 4257
Interlude: 2372
Chapter 10: 3346
Chapter 11: 3185
Chapter 12: 3639
Gotta keep on writing. That's the name of the game.
In like news, last week the agent I am working with on this project asked for the outline to the entire story. I went back over my original outline, preparing it by adding aspects to it that have just been in my head for a long while, and I was struck with how close I've stayed on the outline's path. After looking at the outline again, I'm even more excited to get to its end; I think it is a good strong story that will appeal to Terry Brooks and Jim Butcher fans.
I hope Ralph likes the outline. And if he doesn't, I hope he can share insight into how to improve the story. A writer can only read so many books on plot development and storyboarding -- the writer must eventually build their own story and sometimes we are so close to our own projects that we can't see their flaws. I might be one of the latter writers, so having a professional look it over is great. We'll see what happens; I may be rewriting a huge chunk of the book for all I know!
Okay, time to outline Chapter 13, which is a Cardinal Cormac chapter. I am gonna enjoy writing this one, because I get to introduce the other Vigilo, the Pope, and set into motion other events that have a serious outcome on the climax of the story. Not sure when I will finish the chapter but I hope to by the end of the week.
As for right now, I have to read Aidan Moher's first 25 pages of his novel, Through Bended Grass, and get back to him on it. I haven't been doing a lot of reading lately, so it will be nice to break the writing routine and do something for fun for a change.
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