Novel Watch #45: +3 pages [107.5/14.5]
So, I got a bit distracted today when the lyrics for a song from a potential musical about evil tyrants popped into my head. To be specific, it would be a musical about dethroned evil tyrants. They’d be unemployed, you see.
If there is any justice in this universe, said musical will never ever be made. But I amused myself with it for a while.
Anyway, back to the book. I added another 3 pages to draft 3, these corresponding to the first section that really delves at all into Iggsle’s character. It’s no longer the introduction to Iggsle, as he appears more in earlier bits, but at least this is where he gets some up close and personal time with the reader. I cut out most of his past, as it felt like a lot of unnecessary exposition in the previous drafts, and I think it might show up later in the story at a more meaningful time. We’ll have to see. It’s interesting to see how Iggsle has changed between drafts. It’s become clearer now just how he fits in to everything, and while his function is pretty much the same, somehow this understanding informs everything he does in a way I wasn’t expecting. Adrianna is quite different this draft, and I have a better sense of Bandolor, but the change in Iggsle is stronger than I expected.
All in all, I added 3 pages to my third draft. That’s progress, which I’m quite happy to see.