Had another spectacular week with 26 pages or approx 10,500 words. It wasn't an easy week either.
The first challenge was a speech by Lincilara that's a real game changer. There were a lot of things about to happen and I had to make it believable that one speech by a tiny figure could have such an effect on what was happening just by words. I did a lot of work on it, rewrote it, scratched that out, rewrote it again, scratched most of that out, then thought that the straight forward approach would be the best. I'm really pleased with how it turned out.
The second challenge I had was a battle that takes place at the start of one of the chapters. It was very exciting and I had lots of fun with it and patted myself on the back. Then I went back and reread it and decided I just couldn't use it. I want to keep it a PG-13 rating but it went too far. Even though it's an evil creature and the only way to stop it is to kill it there still had to be a certain level about it and I can't have them kill it in a cruel way.
I feel self-discipline is one of the most important things a writer can practice. If it was something that wouldn't make me feel comfortable to read by someone else then I shouldn't do it, either.
The first challenge was a speech by Lincilara that's a real game changer. There were a lot of things about to happen and I had to make it believable that one speech by a tiny figure could have such an effect on what was happening just by words. I did a lot of work on it, rewrote it, scratched that out, rewrote it again, scratched most of that out, then thought that the straight forward approach would be the best. I'm really pleased with how it turned out.
The second challenge I had was a battle that takes place at the start of one of the chapters. It was very exciting and I had lots of fun with it and patted myself on the back. Then I went back and reread it and decided I just couldn't use it. I want to keep it a PG-13 rating but it went too far. Even though it's an evil creature and the only way to stop it is to kill it there still had to be a certain level about it and I can't have them kill it in a cruel way.
I feel self-discipline is one of the most important things a writer can practice. If it was something that wouldn't make me feel comfortable to read by someone else then I shouldn't do it, either.
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