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Started using Dramatica this morning, entering characters, thinking about plot progression and story points. \u00a0It forced me into a new way of considering the task of writing a novel, something I want. \u00a0If you’re not pushing, you’re going backwards.<\/p>\n
It also intimidates me. \u00a0My confidence level is never at its highest with writing, but I decided a while back to stick with it, keep on typing. \u00a0With Missing I focused on revision.<\/p>\n
With Loki’s Children I plan to focus on the craft, creating interesting characters who do things you want to follow and taking the story to a satisfying conclusion. \u00a0I’ve considered those things before, of course, they’re basic, but I’ve never given them attention before writing. \u00a0I always dove right in.<\/p>\n
The new novel feeling for me is like standing on a path that leads into a distant land, a place mostly invisible, over the horizon and writing moves me along the path, opening up new vistas, new experiences as I go. \u00a0It’s a lot like travel, maybe exactly like it. \u00a0I leave home, familiar territory, behind and go off to see how they do things far away. \u00a0And I report back about what I find.<\/p>\n
Spent more time with Lycaon this morning, too. \u00a0Here’s a snippet, still requires some work, but it shows the heart of Lycaon’s crime. \u00a0It’s Jupiter who is speaking:<\/p>\n
He had planned to destroy me,<\/p>\n
225 weighted with sleep and not expecting dark death.<\/p>\n
226 He is not yet measured against my strength: one of the race of Molossa<\/p>\n
227 Was put to death for an ambush, his throat opened by a sword.<\/p>\n
228 A portion of him softens, half-dead joints in<\/p>\n
229 Boiling water, another portion roasted by placing under the fire.<\/p>\n
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