By Kayla Matt
I’m sure people are sick of this one, but I’m having fun playing around with this possible idea. It’s a nice break from the book writing and I got to play around with a few test scenes yesterday. Just some one-page written sketches to see what works and what doesn’t. It lead to a few more changes and some lessons learned:
- Some monsters don’t make for good challenges. Zombie farmer? Lame. Zombie farm animals with a floating reaper? Much better.
- I don’t need as many supporting cast members as I thought, so Dung the Troll has to be cut.
- A demon interested in wealth would make rules that revolve around such things instead of violence.
- There’s no female equivalent for Earl.
- If a character is suffering from a broken heart due to the loss (not necessarily death) of a loved one then brothel girl might not be a good idea. Every test scene resulted in a breakdown into tears or violence. Oddly enough, I came up with a better idea for this one. At least for now because Kira is evolving in a strange direction in the novels, so it might not even result in an ending that makes this story viable.
- Don’t force suicidal or depressive mindsets on characters when it might not work. I thought it would make sense due to events of book 7. Instead, Kira is proving to be more mentally resilient than I expected. Shouldn’t be surprised since she started as a one-scene character named Linny.
This has been a big learning experience as far as jumping a character into a new story after their first one is done. Should be good experience for when I try it again with one or two other series. It’s an entirely different attempt because you’re not coming in with a ‘clean slate’ character. You have an established mentality and history that the readers have followed. At this point, I might write this book even if Legends of Windemere doesn’t go in this direction.
Legends of Windemere 
As I have said before, I’m just amazed at the creativity writers have – and all the possibilities they come up with – obviously not everyone will like every single one of them, but the possibilities seem endless.
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True. Hoping to finish the outline today and see where it really goes.
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I forgot to say I’m anxious to keep reading and see where your mind goes
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Thanks.
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Your mind fascinates me. All the thoughts, plots, and ideas that keep the storyline moving forward. It’s great!
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Thanks. I’m hoping to finish this outline over the weekend and move on to the next idea.
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Does your mind ever rest? lol Mind doesn’t rest much that’s why I write so many poems!
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Not really. Even if I’m not writing, I’m thinking and plotting.
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LOL…no wonder you are so prolific! Keep it up because we all love your writing!
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You got it. 😀
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Thanks and stay strong Charles. You have a lot of people behind you cheering you on!
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Good to know. 🙂
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You are amazing. I’m with Kirsten. (Well not really with her, but agree with what she says) 🙂
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With her in spirit and sentiment. 😀
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That’s awesome, Charles. I love that fact that Kira is resilient and surprised you by that. 🙂
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She’s definitely one of the more surprising ones. Looking forward to Book 7 when I get to highlight her more. She’s still high level supporting cast.
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I agree with Kirsten. Your mind must never shut down
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Only when I sleep. Sort of.
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