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Jan. 11th, 2014 01:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
promenyThe writing has slowed down somewhat (9,200 or so words now), although I still am writing every day. It isn't because I have run out of ideas, or don't know where the story is going. Just the opposite, actually; I'm adding scenes between the pivotal events and happenings in order to flesh out Saranna's character and thought processes.
To give her this background is essential towards developing her as a sympathetic character in the beginning.
I do, however, get the feeling that I don't quite know what I am doing. Or rather, how I am supposed to do it. It is my first "real" attempt at writing a book, and therefore mistakes will be made. There have been other attempts, but I didn't know the whole story of them, so those don't really count; I see them as being "exercises" more than anything else.
On another note, I have noticed a slight improvement in health since drinking minor amounts of beer again. I still get pains, but the chest pains and the GERD have calmed down somewhat. Maybe I just had an illness? Who can say; I rarely get sick but I'm not very young anymore, so my health could be taking a nosedive.
To give her this background is essential towards developing her as a sympathetic character in the beginning.
I do, however, get the feeling that I don't quite know what I am doing. Or rather, how I am supposed to do it. It is my first "real" attempt at writing a book, and therefore mistakes will be made. There have been other attempts, but I didn't know the whole story of them, so those don't really count; I see them as being "exercises" more than anything else.
On another note, I have noticed a slight improvement in health since drinking minor amounts of beer again. I still get pains, but the chest pains and the GERD have calmed down somewhat. Maybe I just had an illness? Who can say; I rarely get sick but I'm not very young anymore, so my health could be taking a nosedive.
