Hello everyone! Guess what a productive weekend I'm having!
* I've polished my army boots, then put on some parade gloss so they're all nice and purrdy for when I next use them.
* I've tidied my room, including my exceedingly cluttered desk.
* I've spent ten minute disentangling my headphones, for the six-hundredth time this morning.
* I've written eight thank-you cards, hunted out my address book, run at light-speed to the post office to buy stamps, and posted them all off.
* I've put a load in the washing machine (and am now praying it will all come out again)
* I've sent two poems off to a competition, and now have to wait until mid-September to get the results.
* I've sent another poem in for a school competition, and am currently engaged in an email conversation with the teacher who runs the competition about its "Wordsworth-like" qualities (*faints with fangirl overload*)
Oh, and I've burned down a village and killed several hundred people. I think I may also have given someone else a heart attack.
... In the novel, you sick-minded person. But I still feel like a mass murderer.
Anyone else ever felt like this? If so, leave me a comment below, and we shall all sit back, sip tea and laugh about our sadistic tendencies while mercilessly sporking the waiters.
On another note, has anyone seen my medication? xD
-Spook
Showing posts with label novel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label novel. Show all posts
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
My Villain is Scaring Me ...
Is it wrong to be exceedingly worried about the sadistic tendencies of a fictional character?
Well, what about if that character is one you made up yourself?
Yes, believe it or not, one of my own creations is starting to give me the willies. To anyone who is familiar with my "Aeserion Trilogy" and has read the second book, "Exile", then you'll doubtless be familiar with Danail. He's the problem.
To those of you who have not yet been introduced to my supreme git of a creation, you may be a bit mystified. However, to avoid boring you all with something you'd rather not know, suffice to say he's a second son of a powerful man and was, until recently, going to take over from a local warlord, 'cause he had no sons of his own and Danail was the nearest available kin. Unfortunately, said warlord's son reappears on the scene (don't ask me to explain that, read the trilogy if you want to know!)
Now, Danail's a wee bit peeved at this unexpected turn of events. So peeved in fact that he conveniently disappears during an ambush in the woods, then shows up at the last second and tries to shoot both the warlord and his unwanted rival.
I'm sure you're wondering how such a lovely personality could become any more unpleasant than he already is. After all, he's already shown to be a sneaking, traitorous, murdering, scheming, snarky little rat in "Exile", how could he get any worse in "Legend"?
Well, he has. He started out as one of those "I don't like you much Mr Hero, and I'm going to do all in my power to make life uncomfortable for you" types. You know, the guys who put fleas in your matress and hang your underpants from flagpoles for laughs. But he hasn't come out that way on paper. Oh no, he's getting more and more evil by the chapter! Looks like my (supposed) main antagonist might have some competition. He's already turned into an arsonist - I've got five villages burnt in only ten chapters! - and now he's getting really nasty ... I won't give anything away, 'cause that would spoil the plot, but some of the sick, evil and twisted things he's hissing in my ear are freaking me out!
Think heads on pikes and bloody guts strewn from trees, and you'll get the sort of inclination he's showing.
Should I be worried yet?
Well, what about if that character is one you made up yourself?
Yes, believe it or not, one of my own creations is starting to give me the willies. To anyone who is familiar with my "Aeserion Trilogy" and has read the second book, "Exile", then you'll doubtless be familiar with Danail. He's the problem.
To those of you who have not yet been introduced to my supreme git of a creation, you may be a bit mystified. However, to avoid boring you all with something you'd rather not know, suffice to say he's a second son of a powerful man and was, until recently, going to take over from a local warlord, 'cause he had no sons of his own and Danail was the nearest available kin. Unfortunately, said warlord's son reappears on the scene (don't ask me to explain that, read the trilogy if you want to know!)
Now, Danail's a wee bit peeved at this unexpected turn of events. So peeved in fact that he conveniently disappears during an ambush in the woods, then shows up at the last second and tries to shoot both the warlord and his unwanted rival.
I'm sure you're wondering how such a lovely personality could become any more unpleasant than he already is. After all, he's already shown to be a sneaking, traitorous, murdering, scheming, snarky little rat in "Exile", how could he get any worse in "Legend"?
Well, he has. He started out as one of those "I don't like you much Mr Hero, and I'm going to do all in my power to make life uncomfortable for you" types. You know, the guys who put fleas in your matress and hang your underpants from flagpoles for laughs. But he hasn't come out that way on paper. Oh no, he's getting more and more evil by the chapter! Looks like my (supposed) main antagonist might have some competition. He's already turned into an arsonist - I've got five villages burnt in only ten chapters! - and now he's getting really nasty ... I won't give anything away, 'cause that would spoil the plot, but some of the sick, evil and twisted things he's hissing in my ear are freaking me out!
Think heads on pikes and bloody guts strewn from trees, and you'll get the sort of inclination he's showing.
Should I be worried yet?
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Veni! Vidi! Scripti!
Okay, so that's not proper Latin, but guess what everyone?
MY NOVEL HAS PASSED 50K!!!!!!
...
This is the part where we all burst into happy song and dance routines, shower each other with confetti , devour unseemly amounts of junk food and drink copious amounts of sugary fruit juice.
The only thing spoiling my mood?
The story's not finished yet. I still have about a third (well, maybe a bit less than that. A quarter and a bit?) of the plot to get down on the page. I doubt it'll ever be enormous (looking at you Del, *coughcough*) but I do want to actually finish the story, you know?
Some of my friends have already agreed to give the thing a read when I'm done ... so I want to finish it so they're not left with an irritating I'm-not-done-yet-bear-with-me ending.
Still.... my first year doing NaNoWriMo and I won!
Good omens? I hope so.
MY NOVEL HAS PASSED 50K!!!!!!
...
This is the part where we all burst into happy song and dance routines, shower each other with confetti , devour unseemly amounts of junk food and drink copious amounts of sugary fruit juice.
The only thing spoiling my mood?
The story's not finished yet. I still have about a third (well, maybe a bit less than that. A quarter and a bit?) of the plot to get down on the page. I doubt it'll ever be enormous (looking at you Del, *coughcough*) but I do want to actually finish the story, you know?
Some of my friends have already agreed to give the thing a read when I'm done ... so I want to finish it so they're not left with an irritating I'm-not-done-yet-bear-with-me ending.
Still.... my first year doing NaNoWriMo and I won!
Good omens? I hope so.
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Wednesday Randomness
I don't think I have ever felt quite so happy for a long time. Here I am, in the middle of my GCSE mocks ... and I have no exams today! That means I might actually have a chance to do some proper revision! (and perhaps get my NaNovel up to 50k, or at least a bit closer ... come on, you can't expect me to concentrate all day!)
Oh, and on that note, thanks to some mad "Write Or Die - ing" last night, my novel is now passed 46k! I'm on the home straight! Whoo!
I've even managed to get into "Phase Two" of the plot ... and there's going to be a surprise twist at the end, which I hope future readers will like *wink*
This will sound really cliche and silly, but I think I might actually try and get it published. After extensive editing of course, it's a load of twisted evil mumbo jumbo right now - but I think it might actually work. It's a fairly original idea and (thanks to advance warning from Del) is a lot less like a rip-off Shade's Children than I feared it might be. It's also a lot darker and freakier than I thought it would be, but I blame the characters for that one (as I do for everything).
But that's a long way off now, and at the moment I have more important things to focus on. Such as setting the causes of the First World War to a catchy jingle in preparation for my second exam on Friday ... anyone know any words that rhyme with "Belgium"?
- Spook
Oh, and on that note, thanks to some mad "Write Or Die - ing" last night, my novel is now passed 46k! I'm on the home straight! Whoo!
I've even managed to get into "Phase Two" of the plot ... and there's going to be a surprise twist at the end, which I hope future readers will like *wink*
This will sound really cliche and silly, but I think I might actually try and get it published. After extensive editing of course, it's a load of twisted evil mumbo jumbo right now - but I think it might actually work. It's a fairly original idea and (thanks to advance warning from Del) is a lot less like a rip-off Shade's Children than I feared it might be. It's also a lot darker and freakier than I thought it would be, but I blame the characters for that one (as I do for everything).
But that's a long way off now, and at the moment I have more important things to focus on. Such as setting the causes of the First World War to a catchy jingle in preparation for my second exam on Friday ... anyone know any words that rhyme with "Belgium"?
- Spook
Saturday, 13 November 2010
Write or Die, How I Loveth Thee.
Today, I tried out Write or Die for the first time. In ten minutes, I wrote very little, but I wrote it a heck of a lot faster than I would have done otherwise. Setting the grace period to "Evil" definitely gets you going - the prospect of seeing my words devoured by an evil pink screen was more than enough to motivate me!
Chekka dis out!
Anyway, time for another session! :D
Chekka dis out!
Anyway, time for another session! :D
Thursday, 11 November 2010
The Grandmother of All Guilt Trips ... and More Wordcount Updates!
Wordcount: 35,042.
Plot stoppages: 3
Arguements with self: 14
Arguements with characters: 26
Arguements with no-one in particular: Far too many to count.
Mental Meltdowns: 1
Yes, that's right, I finally had my first novel-induced meltdown. I just finished writing a particularly painful scene (both in sense of emotion and in how hard it was to write) and I broke down and cried. Proper crying as well. I've done worse things to fictional people, but for some reason this really upset me.
The grandmother of all guilt trips has descended on me.
I cannot believe a bunch of fictional characters have driven me to teary-eyedness. I guess I'm more into this story than I thought....
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need some more tissues and a woobie.
-Spook
Plot stoppages: 3
Arguements with self: 14
Arguements with characters: 26
Arguements with no-one in particular: Far too many to count.
Mental Meltdowns: 1
Yes, that's right, I finally had my first novel-induced meltdown. I just finished writing a particularly painful scene (both in sense of emotion and in how hard it was to write) and I broke down and cried. Proper crying as well. I've done worse things to fictional people, but for some reason this really upset me.
The grandmother of all guilt trips has descended on me.
I cannot believe a bunch of fictional characters have driven me to teary-eyedness. I guess I'm more into this story than I thought....
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need some more tissues and a woobie.
-Spook
Friday, 5 November 2010
Halfway Has Been and Gone!
The monster's just passed 28,000 words! I'm over halfway there, and it's only day five!
The success of this is scaring me... I wasn't expecting to get this much done!
Still, my goal is to finish the thing, not necessarily hit the wordcount! Although I have the feeling that a couple of the scenes later on are going to make me cry... or tear my hair out, one or the other.
I'll start work again after school - let's see if I can hit 30,000 before the weekend shall we?
- Spook
The success of this is scaring me... I wasn't expecting to get this much done!
Still, my goal is to finish the thing, not necessarily hit the wordcount! Although I have the feeling that a couple of the scenes later on are going to make me cry... or tear my hair out, one or the other.
I'll start work again after school - let's see if I can hit 30,000 before the weekend shall we?
- Spook
Sunday, 31 October 2010
It's NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Sorry, I couldn't resist that title (I think I may have heard that Christmas song one too many times)
However, joking aside, NaNoWriMo is indeed upon us. I like to think I'm ready for it - with all my little bios and fiddly bits to help me try and keep the plot continuous and fend off those irritating little inconsistencies that keep cropping up in Warrior (*cough*Kairin'seyes*cough*).
I have a plot, I have characters, I have a setting, I think I know what I'm doing... it's gonna be fine, right?
Wish me luck! I'll try to post up some little updates as I go, but with everything else that's going to be happening this November (mocks, scholarship, CCF, Xmas party, Secret Santa, House competitions etc etc) I don't know how successful I will be. Something tells me my social life will suffer nastily. If I can't get enough done during the week, I fear my former free time at the weekend will be taken over.
I haven't even started, and NaNo is already going to kill me. Not a good sign.
For anyone intersted in joining, here's a link to the NaNoWriMo site!
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go and pack. Funny how November 1st is the day I go back to school as well as the day NaNo starts.... I sense doom impending.
However, joking aside, NaNoWriMo is indeed upon us. I like to think I'm ready for it - with all my little bios and fiddly bits to help me try and keep the plot continuous and fend off those irritating little inconsistencies that keep cropping up in Warrior (*cough*Kairin'seyes*cough*).
I have a plot, I have characters, I have a setting, I think I know what I'm doing... it's gonna be fine, right?
Wish me luck! I'll try to post up some little updates as I go, but with everything else that's going to be happening this November (mocks, scholarship, CCF, Xmas party, Secret Santa, House competitions etc etc) I don't know how successful I will be. Something tells me my social life will suffer nastily. If I can't get enough done during the week, I fear my former free time at the weekend will be taken over.
I haven't even started, and NaNo is already going to kill me. Not a good sign.
For anyone intersted in joining, here's a link to the NaNoWriMo site!
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go and pack. Funny how November 1st is the day I go back to school as well as the day NaNo starts.... I sense doom impending.
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
First Chapter!
Whoop whoop! I have finally managed to edit the first chapter for Warrior! Gods I won't say how long it took me, but I have, at last, managed to string it together into one chapter!
Now I just have to do it again ... and again ... and yet again.
This is going to be fun ...
Now I just have to do it again ... and again ... and yet again.
This is going to be fun ...
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