Watcha Writin'?

[Zkribbler]

I have a more dastardly plan for them: matrimony.

 

[Zkribbler]

Chapter 5 done! Who'd have thunk it? 8,500 words
Aiming for 10 chapters < 17,000 words, so I'm halfway there.

 

[Zkribbler]

In Comes Erebus, Chapter 6 was going to take place in a underwater city and Chapter 8 was going to be in a floating city, but now those two sections will be combined. That's nice, because this is no longer going to be a novel, and so shorter is better.

Edit: I just super imposed a "Hero Journey" outline over my story. I should be at Step 6.

6) Belly of the Whale
abyss – psychological trial (Trip to underworld?)
Face & overcome inner demons
Emerge as stronger & better person
Mental internal climax of story – rebirth
Fully committed to adventure

Meaning my main character should be overcoming inner demons and fully committing to the adventure. He is not. He's just fleeing.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

In Comes Erebus, Chapter 6 was going to take place in a underwater city and Chapter 8 was going to be in a floating city, but now those two sections will be combined. That's nice, because this is no longer going to be a novel, and so shorter is better.

Edit: I just super imposed a "Hero Journey" outline over my story. I should be at Step 6.

Meaning my main character should be overcoming inner demons and fully committing to the adventure. He is not. He's just fleeing.

That is committing to the adventure.

What? Fleeing can be an adventure.

 

[Zkribbler]

That is committing to the adventure.

What? Fleeing can be an adventure.

but it's not overcoming inner demons.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

but it's not overcoming inner demons.

Depends on the demon!

 

[Zkribbler]

Depends on the demon!

You're in an argumentative mood, ain't ya? Well, I'm not going down that road. You're a smart guy who has interesting insights. Engaging in petty squabbles is a waste of time. Live long and prosper.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

I wasn't really trying to argue, just suggesting that fleeing might sometimes run a person into some interesting and unexpected demons they might not have otherwise known they had and that could be an interesting twist. Those demons that people flee into could be partly responsible for the classic truism "no matter where you go, there you are."

 

[Zkribbler]

Upon further reflection, I have concluded Tim is correct. I superimposed "The Hero's Journey" over my story because I was striving for a character-driven tale. The Hero Journey analysis calls for my main character to be plunged into an abyss, which would mirror plunging into a psychological depression. He would need to battle his way out of both the abyss and his depression, making him a much stronger character. I don't need to do this.
Tim sees my story simply as an action-adventure. So an action-packed escape is what is called for. This is now my plan.

As an aside, Erebus's airplanes as originally designed would not enable the escape. So I redesigned them.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Major plot twist! An always surprising turn of events when I am correct.

 

[Zkribbler]

I remembered a fanfic I stared writing 10 hears ago, a crossover between The Scarlet Pimpernel and Dante's Inferno, told backwards. E.g., In chapter 1, the Scarlet Pimpernel dives down a public latrine into a river of sewage, the 8th Circle of Hell. From there he proceeds to the 7th Circle, etc. Last night, I tried to turn it into a dark fantasy so I could eventually sell it. It turned into a big ol' mess, like a dog chewing bubblegum.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Anything that starts with diving down a latrine should be expected to get messy.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I found these three useful sites which are helpful:
https://describingwords.io/
https://reversedictionary.org/
https://relatedwords.org/

The first one can also provide some laughs sometimes.

 

[Syno]

I found these three useful sites which are helpful:
https://describingwords.io/
https://reversedictionary.org/
https://relatedwords.org/

The first one can also provide some laughs sometimes all the times.

FTFY

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

FTFY

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Official halfway party time!!!

It is now two months and four days since the initial inception of the book idea, and six of twelve chapters have been delivered first draft. And I have only had to be flogged for missing deadline twice. Which I guess in only two months is not the most stellar claim, but still I think having the first draft done by August seems...manageable?

I am very excited.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

My current writing streak is 71 days. That's more than my previous one of 70 days.

 

[Zkribbler]

Official halfway party time!!!

My current writing streak is 71 days.

Impressive!

Last night, I tried to turn it into a dark fantasy so I could eventually sell it. It turned into a big ol' mess, like a dog chewing bubblegum.

The good news is that I fixed the beginning.
The bad news is that I shall never be able to disguise this as anything but a fanfic, and hence I shall never be able to sell it.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

https://iwl.me/

I found this in my bookmarks. Just out of curiosity, I pasted a few paragraphs of my fanfic in. It said I wrote like Anne Rice. I don't know how to think of this.

 

[Zkribbler]

I write like Steven King, Chuck Palahniuk, and 3 Agatha Christies.
I agree with aimee. Without some kind of analysis presented, these naked assertions are useless.

One of my Agata Christies is my starfaring swashbuckler in which my narrator is a genetically modified African monkey. I doubt Ms Christie ever wrote anything like this.

My near future thriller also gives me an Agatha Christie.
My high fantasy thriller also gives me an Agatha Christie.
My high fantasy murder mystery of course gives me an Agatha Christie

This is six Agatha Christies. I don't get it. I don't understand why my writing is considered anything like Ms Christie's.