0:20
I did not manage to get things up in time, but I (pretty much) finished and uploaded two chapters in a day! I am very happy about that. Not that I expect to do that again anytime soon as I doubt I can write 20,000 words in one day (probable, but not possible, especially not right now).
So the second chapter featuring Kah is also available on wattpad. Again, you need to be following me on wattpad to read it. This is for publication rights issues and privacy issues.
I know that both chapters are lacking in description areas as I have pointed out before, but I do lengthen them as I do some minor correcting and adding when I read over things. I really should do that during the editing stage, but it still bugs me, so I do some things now.
I still need 4484 more words to catch up to where I'm supposed to be at. Thankfully, my friends will be at work/school, so I won't have any distractions (except maybe where pets are concerned...)
With Chapter 2, we are introduced to Kah, and we are given a bit of a look at the world Kah lives in. Several more characters are introduced which brings the character count to... um...
Orec
Elai
Mara
Yonke
Orson
Kah
"master"
unnamed-steward
Maquet Dragorathe
Maquet Silenias
Samdagas
Meruse
And it also introduces several places. I fully intend to draw a map for my own benefit. It's in my head at the moment, but needs to become more concrete.
Chapter Three... hmm... now this is tricky because I am not using any pre-written stuff. It will probably be from Meruse's point of view.
Chapter Four, from what I have gathered currently, will be from Hessir's point of view. He's one of the fat people I mentioned where I wasn't sure if it was good or bad. (which, by the way, I brought the count down to two). Hessir reminds me of Samwise Gamgee with maybe a little more cowardice. He has a good heart though. I like writing from his POV since he's so lighthearted yet blunt about everything.
Oh yes, here's another list: already written characters for future chapters (from the scenes I wrote before NaNo)
Keenah
Candiz
Sar Finnick ne Casselar
Saressa Hannelore ne Casselar
_ de Mure
and if I decide to include these characters too...
Prince Esslin
Prince (_)
( Kingsguard)
Yah, some people don't have names. Sorry.
Prince Esslin and the other two were from a short scene I typed out after using the first line of a novel as a writing prompt, the line being "The prince was dead." If the scene does not appear in Write This Down, they will most likely appear in whatever fantasy I write next. I found that I LOVE fantasy, and that it is perfectly okay to just sit down and write a hundred different fantasy novels if I choose. I don't need to be Tolkein to be a fantasy author :3
1:17
So after checking through my blog as thoroughly as I could, I realized I did not actually say why this novel is called "Write This Down". Well, the name comes from two things.
The first is a name of a band that I got into recently. I was listening to quite a few songs by them at the time of my inspiration for the novel.
The second was that I would often come up with fantasy story ideas at the most random times, but I never bothered to really write the stuff out, figuring someday the best idea ever would just come to me, and I should wait for that.
I had just gotten back from vacation with friends, and while at their house, we randomly watched this Netflix thing on Pompeii. At home, doing dishes, I was hit with a burst of inspiration: a boy running through the streets, looking for someone important to him while a volcano rages all around him.
Then I thought "You know what! I just need to write this down!"
And so, I wrote down the first bits of the volcano scene with Orec.
And then stuff (a lot of stuff happened that would make for one long freaking story) happened, and I wrote another little scene of a man wandering through super crowded market.
And so I wrote down the scene that eventually became Kah getting anxious going through the crowded market.
And then I wrote another scene (a future scene of Hessir complaining about the bandits).
And more scenes and more scenes.
And I shoved them all into one word document and told myself, "Someday, this will all be in one great, big book, Niitari."
But what to call this book of stuff where all I did was "write this down"?
2:54
I find that I tend to do lots of rambling when I make blog posts at the early hours of the morning... thank you for bearing with me.
I am steadily but surely catching up. Just 4150 words to get caught up now.
No, it did not take me 2 hours to write 200+ words. I took a break to roleplay.
Speaking of, Nox may be joining Skyrim again. That would make me uber happy. Skyrim needs love <3
And I posted to Aisthesis today. That's good. I am going to be getting back to that site hardcore soon as NaNo eases up.
3:51
So, I submitted my novel for the 30 Covers, 30 Days challenge. We'll see what happens, I guess...
18:01
I lost my phone in the woods. >. > Sucks that there are so many leaves everywhere to bury it, and that my sound settings were disabled so there is no actual ring. Hopefully when I go back tonight, I'll be able to see it glowing if my friend keeps calling the phone.
I did not get lot done today save tweak bits and pieces of the pre-written stuff for Chapter Three. I should be able to crank a bunch out tonight since I know exactly where I am going with this Chapter.
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