Updates and Tribulations

Time seems trivial, this month has moved on as expected, the summer is closing in and things have been moving in place. Between the heat and the painters…

The painters outside are almost done so that is great, no more waking up too early with the sound of painters busy. You know the type of sound, the music, the talking, the sound of work. It makes life really interesting. 

There have a few other things I dealt with, so real life being real right. But mostly took it mentally slower. My speed in writing and projects has slowed down as expected. Still not all was lost.

I even got back into writing/editing so that is good. Fairy Flight is back in action, editing wise. Fluffed up some areas. I did write a little further even. So that is good news. But mostly editing, and making sure things flow right and the right words are used. You have to smooth things out, but also prepare the reader for what lays ahead of them. Put little hooks and herrings in places. Such is important.

As a story grows details need to be planned, hooks to future events and knowledge need to be set. And don’t forget about the themes and so on. In short, a lot of little improvements that make a book so much nicer to read. The first four chapters are quite nice now. And I could put in it the little things that will happen in future chapters. 

And the best news is that it adds more words, which you know, is great to have more words. Quality words yes, not quantity words. You could have a lot of words that do little to help the story, theme, or set up what is coming ahead and that would be just in the way.

Ah I was reading for book club, yes running a book club, a murder mystery and at a point there were just too many characters, to many “clues” that it made it impossible to keep track. I guess that is the whole murder mystery thing… but if a puzzle has too many pieces does it work? At a point I was like “Who are all these people? And why should I even know their name?”

In Fairy Flight quite a few characters have no name. Because I go by the rule of the pyramid.

Oh that is another topic isn’t it, in short the pyramid sets characters based upon their importance. The main character(s) are very important and hence need a name, details, and a lot of work in connections. The secondary characters, those directly around them, are also important so need some work yes. Then the tertairy show up, and slowly but surely you end up with the grey masses. 

Because does it matter what name the guy has that sells the main character(s) ice cream? No! Or if they have kids? Not really! 

But that is just my insight in it, too many characters/names and it becomes a mess. Fairy Flight won’t have to deal with that, I can tell you that.