It's Camp Nanowrimo time, where we're supposed to write 50,000 words in 31 days of August. They had one for July too. It's the first year they're doing these. And just like SFFMuse Summer Fun Run, I don't seem to be getting into it the way I do for November. Maybe next year when I have a long time to plan in advance to do something significant over two months.
This year I'm continuing work on Vengeance. Which of course is already started, but it's really the only thing I feel like working on at the moment. That's the problem with marathons anymore. The rules always say to start completely new work (or restart second drafts from the beginning). I have too many things already started and in progress, I don't need more of them. I don't have a clue what I'm even going to do in November because all of Fortress Launne is now done for first drafts, and what I need to do next is ... not edits exactly, but not technically new writing either.
So what I'm doing for Camp Nanowrimo is quasi new material, quasi edits, that continue what I need to do for Vengeance.
So far all I've done is write yet another version of the park scene. I have at least three saved versions in addition to the one I just wrote, plus there were a couple others I wrote that didn't save. None of it sounds more right than the others, but at least none of them are completely wrong, either. I guess I need to cobble together the good parts of everything and somehow make it work as a single scene. Having done it so many times in a row, I have the basic gist of what happens in it:
1. Rumen is so distracted by Craig being able to see the true form of him feeding, he fails to notice Katrina's arrival. This annoys him even more and he stomps off in a huff.
2. Katrina was assigned to collect intel surrounding Stockade Storage. She brought maps.
3. Robert, who is next in rank below Rumen, went to the armory to collect gear for himself, Simon, and Craig. He arrives second.
4.
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[Apparently I got distracted and never finished whatever I was going to say here. Might as well put up what I had. --2013 Oct 10]
2011/08/06
2011/02/09
Progress on Vengeance
Man oh man, was there ever. Inspiration struck over the past week for how exactly to move forward from Aaron's viewpoint. Basically, the problem was the conversation with Alice. The solution turned out to be to prevent them from having a conversation at all, and then things continued to spin out from there. And now I'm a lot more clear on what exactly Thorme's plans are for the short-to-medium term, with regards to his attack on Hernando.
In summary: his prime goal is to partner up with Aaron. However, he had a backup plan, which was to take out Hernando's other servant (he'd already taken out Chance by this point, with Mira still alive), by doing a spell that would give him the power to mess with her remotely. And one of the prime ingredients of that spell is the sacrifice of an innocent. And Alice is that innocent.
So when Aaron shows up, Thorme presents him with a choice: accept a partnership, or watch Alice die in the alternate ritual (and then be killed). Either way would help Thorme. And in fact he's probably still going to do that second spell later, though not with Alice as the sacrifice. Aaron of course chooses to do the partnership.
So that was Chapter 8. Another excellent chapter. Needs polishing, but basically everything that needs to be in it is there.
So far the chapters are:
1. Craig stalks Jessica and tries to shoot her.
2. Rumen captures Craig and takes him to Hernando.
3. Hernando says "I'll trade you Jessica for Aaron."
4. Craig visits Aaron at the bookstore.
5. Craig and Rumen go to the park, where they plan to assault the warehouse.
6. The warehouse assault, which turns out to be a trap. (Scene needs major work.)
7. They escape the warehouse and find the right one. (I still haven't figure out how that's going to happen yet.)
8. Aaron shows up at the warehouse.
The plans for 9 so far: Craig and Rumen and etc. sneak into the warehouse where Aaron's ritual is in progress.
I'm not entirely sure what happens after that. They'll want to get both Alice and Aaron out of there, but how to do that is up in the air. Hopefully something will present itself while I'm writing it.
As for the warehouses... I've completely reconfigured them. Instead of plain old buildings, these are two levels by giant hydraulic elevator - which is how the thing could've sunk underground in the first place. The design is to be able to store stuff in two giant compartments. Fill one, then sink it down, then there's a second compartment over it. To reach the lower compartment (of every warehouse in the row), there's an underground hallway connecting them.
I'm not actually sure why I'm sticking with the "it sinks completely underground" that I wrote in on the spur of the moment. Hopefully that'll become clear at some point too.
Anyway, so now there's a second exit - through the door to the underground hallway. From there they just have to figure out which warehouse they actually want, break into it, and observe the ritual.
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On a general note, I've noticed lately that I have a *lot* of magic rituals. There's at least one major one in every Fortress Launne book, and usually it's a climax scene. I wonder what that means...
I've made a small amount of progress on the Fortress Launne series too, mostly back in January when I was hoping to focus more on fiction than I did. Basically I took the opener I wrote for Taint, modified it to fit into Triangle II, then added to the bottom. It's at a stuck point again, where basically I have to finish the second draft version of Amulet I/Edward before I can continue. Which means starting with Edward. Which I've been procrastinating for weeks now...
In summary: his prime goal is to partner up with Aaron. However, he had a backup plan, which was to take out Hernando's other servant (he'd already taken out Chance by this point, with Mira still alive), by doing a spell that would give him the power to mess with her remotely. And one of the prime ingredients of that spell is the sacrifice of an innocent. And Alice is that innocent.
So when Aaron shows up, Thorme presents him with a choice: accept a partnership, or watch Alice die in the alternate ritual (and then be killed). Either way would help Thorme. And in fact he's probably still going to do that second spell later, though not with Alice as the sacrifice. Aaron of course chooses to do the partnership.
So that was Chapter 8. Another excellent chapter. Needs polishing, but basically everything that needs to be in it is there.
So far the chapters are:
1. Craig stalks Jessica and tries to shoot her.
2. Rumen captures Craig and takes him to Hernando.
3. Hernando says "I'll trade you Jessica for Aaron."
4. Craig visits Aaron at the bookstore.
5. Craig and Rumen go to the park, where they plan to assault the warehouse.
6. The warehouse assault, which turns out to be a trap. (Scene needs major work.)
7. They escape the warehouse and find the right one. (I still haven't figure out how that's going to happen yet.)
8. Aaron shows up at the warehouse.
The plans for 9 so far: Craig and Rumen and etc. sneak into the warehouse where Aaron's ritual is in progress.
I'm not entirely sure what happens after that. They'll want to get both Alice and Aaron out of there, but how to do that is up in the air. Hopefully something will present itself while I'm writing it.
As for the warehouses... I've completely reconfigured them. Instead of plain old buildings, these are two levels by giant hydraulic elevator - which is how the thing could've sunk underground in the first place. The design is to be able to store stuff in two giant compartments. Fill one, then sink it down, then there's a second compartment over it. To reach the lower compartment (of every warehouse in the row), there's an underground hallway connecting them.
I'm not actually sure why I'm sticking with the "it sinks completely underground" that I wrote in on the spur of the moment. Hopefully that'll become clear at some point too.
Anyway, so now there's a second exit - through the door to the underground hallway. From there they just have to figure out which warehouse they actually want, break into it, and observe the ritual.
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On a general note, I've noticed lately that I have a *lot* of magic rituals. There's at least one major one in every Fortress Launne book, and usually it's a climax scene. I wonder what that means...
I've made a small amount of progress on the Fortress Launne series too, mostly back in January when I was hoping to focus more on fiction than I did. Basically I took the opener I wrote for Taint, modified it to fit into Triangle II, then added to the bottom. It's at a stuck point again, where basically I have to finish the second draft version of Amulet I/Edward before I can continue. Which means starting with Edward. Which I've been procrastinating for weeks now...
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