Novel Watch #40: +3 pages [103 total]
It’s fascinating how some parts of this book are easy to write, while others are more like dragging my legs through a desert of broken glass using only a stick of gum. After wrapping up the last section, getting this little bit going seems to be a bit of an issue. I have a feeling that my “first” full draft is going to end up a hodgepodge of scenes and plotlines that don’t all quite fit together. That’s okay, I guess. Youv’e gotta start somewhere!
Having established subplot 1, I’ve started to work on the backstory with Erskavit O’Sorce and all that sort of things. This little section I’m working on right now has some info about that (it helps to have old guys like Silas sitting around waiting for attention):
“Erskavit was a powerful sorcerer, but his blood betrayed him. His lineage was cursed with madness, and e’en a sorcerer cannot defy such a fate. Where most sorcerers store their will in objects, words, and motions, Erskavit stored his solely in his words. His voice became his will, his every breath a sorcery. ’Twas not long ere all that remained of his mind was word and word alone.”
October 19th, 2007 at 6:31 am
Is that narrative voice? ‘Cause I’m not used to my narrators saying “’twas.” I think I’ve heard them say “twat” more than “’twas.” Of course, that might say something altogether different about me. Conclusions left up to the reader.