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The Stone Priests
784 / 90,000
(0.9%)
Not sure whether this is the right direction. It's better than before, but doubt overcomes me once more. (Much of the 12K I've already got will be folded into this, but I only count finished chapters.)
The prologue, on the other hand, will definitely go. It breaks the pace of the story, and it's not necessary - it's all backstory, and it does something I hate - tell the reader what will happen and create tension by waiting until he gets to that point - so I am happily announcing the (virtual) tearing up of my shiny polished prologue. Yeehaw!
Venna is beginning to stir as well, though, so I might yet change my mind on the 'what to write next' issue.
Venna is the protagonist of the fragment that is my one and only high-concept book so far:
'Ralierite Invasion' is a Foreign Legion murder mystery, with magic.
And when I say 'fragment', I mean this:
Ralierite Invasion
43,000 / 110,000
(39.1%)
It was an attack novel, but I got distracted by life, and when I started writing again, the quadrology attacked, and the quadrology just Would Not Finish.
Bear in mind that they're words that are five years old, so I do *not* envision being able to grab them wholesale. It's a possiblity, though, and I think I'll spend half an hour tonight looking at the thing wholesale and testing the water.
The Stone Priests is YA, with protags that are twelve and fourteen, it has plenty of adventure, ghosts and monsters and a character who is half-boy, half tree.
Why I should write it: Hrrlf. Monsters and Nightmares and very odd stuff happening.
Why I shouldn't write it: It's my only YA idea, I'm out of touch, and I'm not certain I'm getting the characters right. I could kickstart it, but it's not attacking right now.
Ralierite Invasion has a kick-arse female protagonist, a society on the edge, plenty of weirdness, and a mystery that will have a larger impact on her world.
Why I should write it: kick-arse female protagonist, interesting setting and characters.
Why I shouldn't write it: I'm not sure I can pull the mystery part of it off.
They're both unconventional books - I can't think of 'one exactly like that' for either; while the Dreamer's Friend and the Quadrology are much more in line with the mainstream. (Not saying they're derivative, far from it, just that they don't stand out as much.)
They both offer challenges. Right now as we are talking, neither attacks, but I will settle on one of them - I'm not prepared to tackle something new at this moment.
Decisions, decisions...
784 / 90,000
(0.9%)
Not sure whether this is the right direction. It's better than before, but doubt overcomes me once more. (Much of the 12K I've already got will be folded into this, but I only count finished chapters.)
The prologue, on the other hand, will definitely go. It breaks the pace of the story, and it's not necessary - it's all backstory, and it does something I hate - tell the reader what will happen and create tension by waiting until he gets to that point - so I am happily announcing the (virtual) tearing up of my shiny polished prologue. Yeehaw!
Venna is beginning to stir as well, though, so I might yet change my mind on the 'what to write next' issue.
Venna is the protagonist of the fragment that is my one and only high-concept book so far:
'Ralierite Invasion' is a Foreign Legion murder mystery, with magic.
And when I say 'fragment', I mean this:
Ralierite Invasion
43,000 / 110,000
(39.1%)
It was an attack novel, but I got distracted by life, and when I started writing again, the quadrology attacked, and the quadrology just Would Not Finish.
Bear in mind that they're words that are five years old, so I do *not* envision being able to grab them wholesale. It's a possiblity, though, and I think I'll spend half an hour tonight looking at the thing wholesale and testing the water.
The Stone Priests is YA, with protags that are twelve and fourteen, it has plenty of adventure, ghosts and monsters and a character who is half-boy, half tree.
Why I should write it: Hrrlf. Monsters and Nightmares and very odd stuff happening.
Why I shouldn't write it: It's my only YA idea, I'm out of touch, and I'm not certain I'm getting the characters right. I could kickstart it, but it's not attacking right now.
Ralierite Invasion has a kick-arse female protagonist, a society on the edge, plenty of weirdness, and a mystery that will have a larger impact on her world.
Why I should write it: kick-arse female protagonist, interesting setting and characters.
Why I shouldn't write it: I'm not sure I can pull the mystery part of it off.
They're both unconventional books - I can't think of 'one exactly like that' for either; while the Dreamer's Friend and the Quadrology are much more in line with the mainstream. (Not saying they're derivative, far from it, just that they don't stand out as much.)
They both offer challenges. Right now as we are talking, neither attacks, but I will settle on one of them - I'm not prepared to tackle something new at this moment.
Decisions, decisions...