Chapter 21
I finished Chapter 21 yesterday. It was every bit as fun as I expected it to be! I am going to post a bit of it here on the website, unedited of course and quite raw, but you'll get a feel for what is going on. And like most of the chapters I get into, I had some unexpected things happen but all minor; this time, I added a Catholic-like saints system for the underground "dwarves" Bran and Richard are visiting in Chapters 20 and 21. Fun stuff. I hope people like it.
With the completion of Chapter 21, I am now finished with 24/36 chapters.
As the word count stands:
So, now on to Chapter 22. I am creating a new website for Terry Brooks's sister Laurie Brooks, who has her first book coming out next week titled Selkie Girl. I'm actually having a lot of fun building this website; it is a different form of creativity that I enjoy almost as much as writing.
Almost.
I plan on finishing this site over the weekend sometime. I've been working on it all day today. Like writing, I "outline" the website and then create a "first draft." I then walk away from that draft for a few days, come back to it, tweak it, and then finish it by getting it posted for all to view.
But that takes time, time that will take me away from my writing. So we'll see when I finish Chapter 22. Chapter 22 has one of the fun battle scenes I get to write in the book, which I'm excited about, and Bran and Richard meeting the dying Dragons of the Snowdon for the first time. All fun, fun, fun!
My next post will be an excerpt from Chapter 21, an excerpt that probably won't make a whole lot of sense but I hope it interests some of you in some way.
With the completion of Chapter 21, I am now finished with 24/36 chapters.
As the word count stands:
| 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 Chapter 13: 4878 Chapter 14: 4562 Chapter 15: 3840 Chapter 16: 3984 | Chapter 17: 5441 Chapter 18: 4725 Chapter 19: 5651 Interlude: 3687 Chapter 20: 4537 Chapter 21: 4220 Chapter 22: Chapter 23: Chapter 24: Chapter 25: Chapter 26: Chapter 27: Chapter 28: Chapter 29: Chapter 30: Chapter 31: Chapter 32: Epilogue: |
So, now on to Chapter 22. I am creating a new website for Terry Brooks's sister Laurie Brooks, who has her first book coming out next week titled Selkie Girl. I'm actually having a lot of fun building this website; it is a different form of creativity that I enjoy almost as much as writing.
Almost.
I plan on finishing this site over the weekend sometime. I've been working on it all day today. Like writing, I "outline" the website and then create a "first draft." I then walk away from that draft for a few days, come back to it, tweak it, and then finish it by getting it posted for all to view.
But that takes time, time that will take me away from my writing. So we'll see when I finish Chapter 22. Chapter 22 has one of the fun battle scenes I get to write in the book, which I'm excited about, and Bran and Richard meeting the dying Dragons of the Snowdon for the first time. All fun, fun, fun!
My next post will be an excerpt from Chapter 21, an excerpt that probably won't make a whole lot of sense but I hope it interests some of you in some way.
Labels: The Dark Thorn
posted by Shawn C. Speakman | 5:26 PM
5 Comments:
Definitely looking forward to the excerpt! :)
Chris: It's a short excerpt, only two or three pages. But it will be the first time readers get a taste of Bran and who he is. It was fun to write and hopefully won't give away too much -- other than Bran and Richard still being alive, that is. haha
Shawn,
I hope you aren't influenced too much by GRRM and start killing off your characters too soon!
Chris
Chris: I'll tell ya, Chris, there are two characters who are hanging in the balance at the moment. I won't know their outcomes until the last few pages I think.
One of them will piss people off if the story tells me to do it... That will be interesting!
Raw is the best! Wow, that sounded wrong. Liked your Star Trek write up on Suduvoo(sp?), definitely going to see that flick. I wonder if Sylar will have his powers? :)
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