Missing: One Muse
Jun. 26th, 2006 12:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
triple_flameIt appears that she's gone and deserted me again. Now if I was being charitable I could suppose that she's just taking a break and warming up for NaNo...the only problem with that is the other 35,000 words I need to write by the end of July. Everything was coming along just nicely and then I find myself struggling to get 1,000 down today, I just sat and stared at the screen for 6 hours and nothing was coming out, what did appear didn't work so I ended up re-writing it. The thing is I can't even blame my internal editor, she was just pointing out where things didn't make sense and the parts I couldn't sleep without editing. Not the picky little "everything has to be perfect first time" editing that she used to try and do!
On a lighter note I think I like what I've ended up with and I have definitly discovered another side to one of my characters, she's gained just a little more depth than she had before. Actually I think the same could be said for Avani as well. This is to the good since I have a lot more for them to do in the not too distant future. I think I also have a basic plan for the next few chapters...
First priority is to sort Yisana out from the blubbering mess she just turned into and have Avani calm her down and convince her that it's perfectly alright for her to be terrified of the incredibly scary person she became when confronted with Lorelyn.
Then go watch Kishan and Lorelyn for a while. What do you say when you're on your own with the person who's been trying to assassinate you for the past few months and who your sister has just blackmailed into being your bodyguard?
Give Lorelyn some more space to muse while she's on her own in her cell/rooms. Bring up some more of her background without getting info dumpish.
Sort things out so her rooms are a little more like rooms and less like cells...work out how to explain why they're moving so much furniture into Yisana's rooms and where they're putting it all because it would be no fun if they managed it without getting noticed.
Explain to Gideon just what is going on, probably after he hunts down Kishan and threatens to pull his whiskers out if he doesn't spill.
Have Avani finally find time to repeat the conversation about marriage arrangements that she overheard. Work out whether or not Yisana knows about them and the reasons for them (probably) and have her explain that her mother is in on the whole scheme.
Get back to the front lines and find out what is going on with Singa. Do I label his daughter for the chop in editing or do I use the painful cliché of having her killed in one of the battles ready for Lupa to fill her shoes?
Plan this bloody fake assassination since it really needs to happen before the end of the book!
Beat my MIA muse over the head and threaten to tie her to the chair that my internal editor has vacated until after NaNo! If you happen to see her please feel free to send her home!
On a lighter note I think I like what I've ended up with and I have definitly discovered another side to one of my characters, she's gained just a little more depth than she had before. Actually I think the same could be said for Avani as well. This is to the good since I have a lot more for them to do in the not too distant future. I think I also have a basic plan for the next few chapters...
First priority is to sort Yisana out from the blubbering mess she just turned into and have Avani calm her down and convince her that it's perfectly alright for her to be terrified of the incredibly scary person she became when confronted with Lorelyn.
Then go watch Kishan and Lorelyn for a while. What do you say when you're on your own with the person who's been trying to assassinate you for the past few months and who your sister has just blackmailed into being your bodyguard?
Give Lorelyn some more space to muse while she's on her own in her cell/rooms. Bring up some more of her background without getting info dumpish.
Sort things out so her rooms are a little more like rooms and less like cells...work out how to explain why they're moving so much furniture into Yisana's rooms and where they're putting it all because it would be no fun if they managed it without getting noticed.
Explain to Gideon just what is going on, probably after he hunts down Kishan and threatens to pull his whiskers out if he doesn't spill.
Have Avani finally find time to repeat the conversation about marriage arrangements that she overheard. Work out whether or not Yisana knows about them and the reasons for them (probably) and have her explain that her mother is in on the whole scheme.
Get back to the front lines and find out what is going on with Singa. Do I label his daughter for the chop in editing or do I use the painful cliché of having her killed in one of the battles ready for Lupa to fill her shoes?
Plan this bloody fake assassination since it really needs to happen before the end of the book!
Beat my MIA muse over the head and threaten to tie her to the chair that my internal editor has vacated until after NaNo! If you happen to see her please feel free to send her home!
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Date: 2006-06-27 05:36 pm (UTC)