Yes, I sound like the newbie I am as I crawl along my first novel at a laughably slow pace (but slow forward motion is still forward motion, right?).
I'm not even up to 10K words yet, and one of my characters is already fighting back. I had sketched her as being sweet and charismatic, the kind of woman whose attentions run a mile wide and an inch deep. And yet, in her first scenes with the MC, I can see a mean streak in her that's peeking through behind all that charm. It's subtle, but it's there, and I hadn't planned it in my original sketch of her.
Hmmm, interesting. We'll she what she does next. I'm having fun! Thanks, AW -- you've given me a nice guardrail to hang on to as I keep going.
I'm not even up to 10K words yet, and one of my characters is already fighting back. I had sketched her as being sweet and charismatic, the kind of woman whose attentions run a mile wide and an inch deep. And yet, in her first scenes with the MC, I can see a mean streak in her that's peeking through behind all that charm. It's subtle, but it's there, and I hadn't planned it in my original sketch of her.
Hmmm, interesting. We'll she what she does next. I'm having fun! Thanks, AW -- you've given me a nice guardrail to hang on to as I keep going.
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