Posts Tagged ‘protagonist’

Dream-jerk reaction

Whenever I’m actively writing I am having those wild dreams that boggle my mind as much as actual writing does. So after having one of those horrible, guild-ridden dreams tonight, I woke up with a “I’m writing today” thought I didn’t even question. (Not that I really wanted to question it.) So I did my [...]

the first words

My idea to have a first draft before any serious worldbuilding is working out nicely. Well, it isn’t technically a “first draft”, it is, so far, unattached semi-scenes, more of a setup than a reality, glimpses into the world. However, I’m writing 300 words a day average (well, at least I should be writing; I [...]

counting the days

I have written novels before, but never before have I had the ending to tie together so smoothly. Usually, I just discarded the lesser threads along the way, assuming they weren’t important enough, or ended with a protagonist deciding he didn’t care about anything else than a single problem he was having, something in that [...]

total makeover

Today, I took the Project Humanity and rewrote it from zero. Changing my protagonist to the direct opposite. Rendering the story, if I can trust my husband, 2-3 times better. I know there is a lesson in there, I’m just a bit too tired to learn it.