sneaking under the wire for Tuesday, or not
Project: Unconventional Unintentionally Arthurian Romance Novel
Deadline: haven't got one
New words written: 2315 (some of these are notes)
Present total word count: 24572
Reason for stopping: bedtime
Mean things: Alexander being disapproving
Fun things: Phoebe is made of awesome
Stimulants: data entry, Coca-Cola
Words Word don't know: nothing worth mentioning
I continue to write stuff that goes in the second half. Apparently doing mindless data entry makes the characters have involved conversations in my head. Ones that I can't write down as they occur because the IRS is very serious about security, and we can't have pen or paper at our workstations. I can only scribble things down during breaks.
Today I had a really entertaining conversation in which Caroline was introduced to Phoebe Craddock, the actress. I was glad to hear it, because I could tell it actually served a purpose in the narrative, and it let me bring Phoebe in in person. Because I love her and she is made of awesome and it would have been a shame to know she existed and not have been able to use her.
The other thing was a conversation between Alexander and Rockingham that I think might actually be the final scene. It's a bit fragmentary, as I couldn't write it all down when I heard it and some of it evaporated, but I think I got enough to serve as a draft, and I can fix it up and make it smooth later. Alexander, being in a really tight exclusive pair bond, has some trouble understanding a three-way relationship -- at first he sees it conventionally, as breaking vows, and he totally disapproves of William for partaking in it. Alexander and Rockingham are really good at pushing each other's buttons, although the part I got down started in the middle of the button-pushing, with Rockingham giving Alexander a bitchy answer to I don't know exactly what criticism. Anyway, Rockingham manages to explain it in a way Alexander finds sympathetic, and their friendship is renewed. In the process, he explains how the Happily-For-Now will work, so it makes a good ending scene. No good last line as yet, but that'll come. As a draft, I like it.
Thorne's Ma is still vague. I'll get there. Right now I'm glad to have words.
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Deadline: haven't got one
New words written: 2315 (some of these are notes)
Present total word count: 24572
Reason for stopping: bedtime
Mean things: Alexander being disapproving
Fun things: Phoebe is made of awesome
Stimulants: data entry, Coca-Cola
Words Word don't know: nothing worth mentioning
I continue to write stuff that goes in the second half. Apparently doing mindless data entry makes the characters have involved conversations in my head. Ones that I can't write down as they occur because the IRS is very serious about security, and we can't have pen or paper at our workstations. I can only scribble things down during breaks.
Today I had a really entertaining conversation in which Caroline was introduced to Phoebe Craddock, the actress. I was glad to hear it, because I could tell it actually served a purpose in the narrative, and it let me bring Phoebe in in person. Because I love her and she is made of awesome and it would have been a shame to know she existed and not have been able to use her.
The other thing was a conversation between Alexander and Rockingham that I think might actually be the final scene. It's a bit fragmentary, as I couldn't write it all down when I heard it and some of it evaporated, but I think I got enough to serve as a draft, and I can fix it up and make it smooth later. Alexander, being in a really tight exclusive pair bond, has some trouble understanding a three-way relationship -- at first he sees it conventionally, as breaking vows, and he totally disapproves of William for partaking in it. Alexander and Rockingham are really good at pushing each other's buttons, although the part I got down started in the middle of the button-pushing, with Rockingham giving Alexander a bitchy answer to I don't know exactly what criticism. Anyway, Rockingham manages to explain it in a way Alexander finds sympathetic, and their friendship is renewed. In the process, he explains how the Happily-For-Now will work, so it makes a good ending scene. No good last line as yet, but that'll come. As a draft, I like it.
Thorne's Ma is still vague. I'll get there. Right now I'm glad to have words.
This entry was originally posted at http://julian-griffith.dreamwidth.org/3377.html and has
comments. Comment wherever you like.