Novel Watch #47: +11 pages [107.5/28]
It’s been over two weeks since my last post, and I’ve made slooooow progress in that time. It probably didn’t help that I had a busy holiday weekend and such, but even taking that into account, my work has been in fits and starts and tiny little amounts. This is definitely the best draft so far, but it’s still a little like pulling teeth out of a flea when I try to get it down.
But things are shaping up. I really think I’ve nailed some of my characters this time around. They just work, and I feel like their characters actually inform their actions. I know what Bandolor wants, and why he does the questionable things he does. I know why Adrianna fights against him throughout the first 10 chapters or so — it’s because she wants something else. No duh, huh?
I’ve also been able to smooth out some logistical plot-related issues this time through, which is really nice. As always, I wish I’d been able to figure out a lot of this before, but I’m making do as is. Hopefully things will pick up a little through December and I can get some of the later stuff done too before the month is out.
Also, I still need a semi-archaic sounding name for the dog, if anyone has any ideas.
Today’s excerpt is a little bit about Adrianna.
Adrianna’s sense of humor came from her father, and she had her mother’s dark green eyes, but there was one thing she had that neither of them did, something hidden deep within their genes that only came to fruition in their daughter. Her memory was eidetic, or nearly so, able to recall events with photographic accuracy. She could still remember her fifth birthday, or at least bursting into tears when she opened all her presents and didn’t get the sheep she was hoping for. Later that day, she shaved her brand-new Totally Hair Barbie in a brutal act of retaliation.