Just a quick update on Book 2. We’re still not entertaining titles yet, so Book 2 it is.
The process of writing the first draft is often filled with lots of fun revelations as well as wandering down blind paths. I had been caught in one for a week or two now, but have worked it out, cut out a minor character, and things started moving again. Two more chapters have been added to the Beginning Hook, and I am almost to the climax of the beginning hook. I can’t wait!
See, although I have an idea of where I’m going, I never see it till I get there. That’s what makes it both fun and frustrating. Sometimes you think you’re going in one direction, but when you sit down to write it, the characters or circumstances tell a different story and you are stuck being along for the ride. On a positive note, the villains are all shaping up nicely. The secondary characters are well established as well as the main characters. Such fun.
I’ve made one of my alpha readers very happy with one chapter so, I hope it translates well to the rest of you all when the book comes out.
That said, I figure 3 maybe 4 scenes left before I pull the trigger on the Beginning Hook’s climax which I know how it must end up, but I still can’t see clearly how it will come about.
Hopefully I will have this built strong enough that the roller-coaster effect will kick in once the few following scenes are complete and I start melding all the subplots together.
But that’s all for now.
