Pacing
Not sure how the pacing of the current work will pan out. It seems at the moment that the faster action always involves the Female Main Character, Eleanor, while the slow passages revolve around the Male, de Quincey (Mathew to his friends). Occasionally straying into the world of the bad guys, helps break up the […]
Timing
I suppose timing can be important in a story also. Perhaps not so much timing but pacing. Keeping a story moving, but not too quickly. So many of the books I’ve read lately have been non-stop action. The author throwing one problem after another at the cast and hoping that they can distract from the […]
Characters
It seems strange that the characters in story sometimes take over and shape where the story is going and what is likely to be happening. In the current story the male main character, de Quincey was always going to be the strongest. The one with the most action and in theatrical terms, the most lines. […]
Getting Complicated
I suppose, there is a sweet-spot somewhere between complex and simple that allows the story to unfurl easily while still keeping the reader’s attention captivated. I’ve read enough books recently to know that too simple is boring, books full of pointless description because the author can’t think of what he or she wants the character […]
Corona – Passing the Time
In the current climate of terror, we ventured out into the open this morning, Mrs D and myself, armed only with a small warning bell and a long pole to keep the ‘others’ away. We ventured onto the beach at St. Annes. Fortunately the tide was out so we had all of seven or maybe […]
Historical Prompts
A historical story, like any other needs a prompt, something to get it up and running. Dark Roads had several. The first I suppose was a gift one Christmas from my wonderful wife, of a book entitled Mapping the Roads, by Mike Parker, a fascinating history of map making in Britain. Having read Mapping the […]
Still At It
It’s been a while, but although I’ve not been updating on here since December, I have been writing regularly. In the last post I mentioned a new, dark antagonist and I’ve now included him as the hidden, supernatural villain in a historical adventure. The working title is Dark Roads and it’s set at the start […]
Still Working on it.
So, the ending has sill not materialised, but I’m getting a few thoughts about it. I have several other projects that are waiting in the wings, for either completion or commencement and I really need to finish off the Book Without a Story. Today might be a bit busy, but while I might not get […]
NaNoWriMo – Update
Completed the necessary50k words by 22nd November, so the pressure is off in that respect. The total word count for Book Without a Story is now around 72k, which is pretty good for a first draft and done in a very short time, so I’m pretty happy with that. The big problem at the moment […]
Book Without a Plot – 02
The working title for the NaNoWriMo project says all you really need to know about this piece. (for the moment, at least). It’s progressing well. I’m aiming to complete the first draft by the end of November. I’ve set my usual overall target for the novel of 80k words and I currently need to complete […]