Not a bad day's work. I got five pages done in about two hours. If I'm in the groove, that seems to be about right. Keeping my browser closed except for research helps.
My initial plan was to start the chapter with the big confrontation, the villages coming to take the female protagonist away. I changed that decision. Now the chapter starts a bit slower, its Jacob's last day in his home as a boy. I, like him, wanted to linger a little. So I wrote about the roast pig they'd cooked, I wrote about the boots and clothes his father bought for him. I wrote up to the confrontation...and stopped.
Frankly, I was tired. This next scene is going to be a big one. After that, the story begins in earnest. Yep. 44 pages into it and NOW the plot is ready to begin. Sob. Honestly, I don't know if this is the right path. With a teenaged protagonist, this book may well end up in YA. But I'm not writing it like a YA novel. I'm writing it like Epic Fantasy, which has more world-building, flavor and a slower pace, in general. You want a sense of immersion in Epic Fantasy, or at least I do.
In the end, I'm writing this book they way I'd want to read it. Hopefully other people agree with that decision. If not, well, it's a first draft. It may grow or be pruned in subsequent drafts. Either way, I'm going to get this story told and have fun doing it.
My initial plan was to start the chapter with the big confrontation, the villages coming to take the female protagonist away. I changed that decision. Now the chapter starts a bit slower, its Jacob's last day in his home as a boy. I, like him, wanted to linger a little. So I wrote about the roast pig they'd cooked, I wrote about the boots and clothes his father bought for him. I wrote up to the confrontation...and stopped.
Frankly, I was tired. This next scene is going to be a big one. After that, the story begins in earnest. Yep. 44 pages into it and NOW the plot is ready to begin. Sob. Honestly, I don't know if this is the right path. With a teenaged protagonist, this book may well end up in YA. But I'm not writing it like a YA novel. I'm writing it like Epic Fantasy, which has more world-building, flavor and a slower pace, in general. You want a sense of immersion in Epic Fantasy, or at least I do.
In the end, I'm writing this book they way I'd want to read it. Hopefully other people agree with that decision. If not, well, it's a first draft. It may grow or be pruned in subsequent drafts. Either way, I'm going to get this story told and have fun doing it.
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