3 Green Fish

It’s interesting to see just how much trying to antiquate the language of some of my characters has hamstrung my writing in the previous drafts of this novel. Now that I’ve abandoned that for the most part, mainly just using “ye/you” and “thou/thee” where appropriate, it’s a lot easier to write the dialogue, and it makes the going a lot smoother. Combined with a much better understanding of characters, this draft is really a huge improvement. So, on the one hand, I’ve unbound most of the characters from major restrictions on what they can say, and on the other hand, I know what Adrianna wants in the scene where she talks with Bandolor for the first time.

It’s already playing out a little bit in the Iggsle/Adrianna scene right before. While the overall gist of their conversation remains the same, just having a better sense of who these people are really makes is more real for me, and hopefully for the reader as well. We’ll see if that carries through for the rest of the book, but for now it’s definitely a nice feeling. I have a sense that the upcoming scene is going to be quite interesting, given that it has a strong dramatic set-up (both the characters have strong desires and they don’t exactly line up at all).

Or maybe it won’t be. I don’t know. Whoohoo!

Okay people, I need a little help. I’m having trouble deciding on a name for Bandolor’s dog. Originally I named him Reginald, but it just doesn’t seem quite right, and the best I’ve been able to come up with so far is Caleb — which is still kinda bleh. Any thoughts? I’m looking for something that sounds at least vaguely like an olden style human name (hence the Reginald), or something no weirder than Bandolor or Iggsle. The dog is large black mastiff. I’d love some suggestions, especially serious ones!

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