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WIP TKPepper 23.10.18
Another 30 minutes, another 1k+ words. I crafted an unexpected action sequence today, with an unexpected ending. I loved it.
It is raining here, as it has on and off since Saturday night — it feels fresh and cool and wonderful. The darkness the clouds bring is also a blessing, so used to the bright tropical light overhead am I, that to remember conditions vary is rather delicious.
I am missing the sea, however, but soon, soon I shall be back by the beach.
WIP TKPepper 14.11.18 811 Words
On to the final scene. Of course, as I get nearer to the end, it gets slower, as I have to think about all the threads that need tucking in, all the parts that need wrapping, and those that need to be left loose, to be tugged upon in a future story.
One joy of these free stories (each novella I release will also have a link to a free story — originally planned to be a short story, but this particular one is clearly a lot longer than that…), is that I get to introduce themes, places, characters, ideas and history to this world, things that the reader won’t exactly NEED to know for the longer work I plan, as they will also be included in that, but they do serve as a bonus, hints and queries buried within the fiction as a paperchase, Easter Eggs, if you will. It makes it fun.
I suspect this piece will be finished tomorrow. In fact, I am relatively sure of that. What comes next? Another free story, for the third novella.
WIP TKPepper 30.10.18
Started this at 1900, so rather pleased. Also, this was 30 minutes crafting after a day mostly spent travelling back from the south of Thailand to the north, which is always a bit tiring, especially changing in Bangkok.
We had a lovely time down on the coast, finding a wonderful strip of sand with ridiculously good restaurants, cheap and clean accommodation, a great coffee shop, friendly people, a pool, warm sea, monkeys, pink dolphins, and very few other Farang. Instead, the clientele were nearly all Thai families.
I am torn — between writing an article/post about this place and keeping it a secret. Genuinely torn. One of the resorts there is in the middle of renovation, and the owner explained she is planning on attracting more westerners, marketing it to them — and they will come. Perhaps I should write something, she was great, and they deserve success, but it would also change the feel of the place.
Decisions, decisions.
At the pointy end of the story, by the way. Perhaps two more scenes…
WIP TKPepper 29.10.18
Super-fast note today — I have had a proper weekend off, from almost all forms of work except thinking and plotting which, truth be told, never ends.
I am by the beach, in a tiny resort where the vast majority of clientele are Thai, rather than the hordes of Farang who often hang around on Thailand’s coast. It is remarkably chilled and I feel rested, despite being up early yesterday to take a tour to see pink dolphins. (They were remarkable.)
That is all for now — this story has taken a slightly-longer twist, so I am guessing it may be another three or four days before it is complete. We shall see.
WIP TKPepper 25.10.18
I am actually more pleased with 757 words than I was the 1k+ days — simply because I didn’t start my 30 minutes until 1800 this evening. As I have mentioned before, I am a morning creative. My best work on new words is always in the earlier part of the day, so to be able to get a 50% return on the 500-word minimum I set myself is rather good for me.
Usually, by now I’ll have shut down for the day, so I am very happy.
I estimate this tale has perhaps 2-3k more words until it is finished. It is a bonus story for another novella, so those of you (if anyone ever reads this) who buy the novella will also get this tale for free if you sign up for my newsletter. That will be a free novelette or very long short story. Not a bad deal, really!
WIP TKPepper 24.10.18
And with this day we are now over the 10k limit.
In her book, The INFJ Writer*, Lauren Sapala discusses how important new words are, how crucial it is to write fresh material, not to simply edit and polish. This was a problem I once had, but no longer. The habit of crafting new words is so important for any writer but crucial for those of us who fall into the INFJ type. I am not saying I agree with the whole Myers Briggs test — but it is uncanny how accurate it is for me. (I shall discuss this more on my website…)
Write new words. Simple. 30 minutes a day and, in 10 days, I now have a 10k+ story, nearing the Pointy End.
*worth a read if you are a writer and fall into this category and, yes, that’s me, INFJ through and through.
WIP TKPepper 22.10.18
This bonus story is progressing well. I really love the characters, especially Pepper, but also the newly-explored Hedda. The setting is also interesting, being a new-to-me city in a different place to the other novellas I have already crafted in The Lesser Evil.
It rained here from yesterday, throughout the day and into the night and morning. It keeps raining occasionally. I awoke this morning just before the dawn, as my body likes to do, and lay in bed listening to the soft rain, which had brought with it the cool of the night-jungle. From somewhere towards the mountain I heard the sound of monks chanting, a timeless sound containing a power of its own. I could have been here fifty years ago and felt and heard the same things. Or one hundred, five hundred. Beyond. A ceaseless connection to the past in this old city of temples and elephants and jungle.
WIP TKPepper 21.10.18
Not quite as good a wordcount as recently, but still pleased things are moving forward.
One reason I may not have been as effective with words is that I spent some time early this morning thinking of the bigger story picture, taking notes and writing down and threshing out ideas that underpin the whole. Sometimes, when I do this, I lose my creative burst speed, as I suppose it could be called. This is why I usually try and get my daily 30-minute new word/draft session done ASAP and why I try very hard not to waste creativity on emails or messages (including reading them) before this is done.
However, I am glad I did get these notes crafted — they will prove important over the coming years… Watch this space.
