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felis_ultharus) wrote2006-02-13 05:52 pm
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Of Substitute Villains and Tottel's Miscellany
Pars Primae
Editing my novel slowed to a crawl -- sometimes as little as half a page a day -- and I realized the reason.
About 75% of the novel is perfect -- it merely needs minor adjustments of word choice and word order, and the ironing out of slight continuity issues. Some chunks could be removed, but large swathes of it are publishable. I've been considering reading one section at this thing Concordia's having for English students.
Problem is, the other 25% needs a total rewrite. Unfortunately, that 25% is basically every scene that features my villain because that villain just isn't working at all. I have to build that back up from scratch.
All is not despair, however. A minor villain seems eager to take his place. Actually, she's been a major villain in a few short stories, and showed up as a minor villain in my last novel. She was the only one who made the migration between novels. Seems she can't bear to be left out :)
Her style is very different from the first, but I think she'll be a lot more interesting.
Pars Secunda
Doesn't Tottel's Miscellany sound like a curio shop that sell magical devices in a cobblestone alley in a part of London that only appears during certain phases of the moon? No...? You people are no fun.
Editing my novel slowed to a crawl -- sometimes as little as half a page a day -- and I realized the reason.
About 75% of the novel is perfect -- it merely needs minor adjustments of word choice and word order, and the ironing out of slight continuity issues. Some chunks could be removed, but large swathes of it are publishable. I've been considering reading one section at this thing Concordia's having for English students.
Problem is, the other 25% needs a total rewrite. Unfortunately, that 25% is basically every scene that features my villain because that villain just isn't working at all. I have to build that back up from scratch.
All is not despair, however. A minor villain seems eager to take his place. Actually, she's been a major villain in a few short stories, and showed up as a minor villain in my last novel. She was the only one who made the migration between novels. Seems she can't bear to be left out :)
Her style is very different from the first, but I think she'll be a lot more interesting.
Pars Secunda
Doesn't Tottel's Miscellany sound like a curio shop that sell magical devices in a cobblestone alley in a part of London that only appears during certain phases of the moon? No...? You people are no fun.
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Half of novel-writing is being a master of the Three Roads. My favourite piece of trivia right now is that some scientists believe it may rain diamonds on Neptune :)
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And that is exactly what it sounds like. ^_^
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*sorry, couldn't resist*
(Sorry, also, if you got notification for this twice. I accidentally posted under Matt's LJ name)
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Yes it certainly does! Let's go shopping there next Chrismuhkwanzayule.
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That is my new favourite holiday. It ought to be dropped in a cage with Festivus, so they can duke it out ^_^
My money's on Chrismuhkwanzayule.
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If it's primae, shouldn't it be secundae? Is that second or third case? If it's first, shouldn't it be prima? I don't even remember prima as a singular word, isn't that primus? In that case, wouldn't it be primum?
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*totally confused self now* >>;
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I bow to your superior skill in Latin. In my defence, though, I merely lifted the phrases out of the very bad Latin you often find sprinkled in Medieval English texts.
*glad to see you*
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And ya I.... have fallen off the face of the earth it seems x_x
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I've done some purely superficial reading on chakras. And of course, monks can use chakra power to heal themselves in Final Fantasy games :)