And More nano help

[cornerofmadness]

Because you really don't want me to talk about my students, like the one who thought I moved this test and it was unfair because she hadn't studied (I moved the next one and all 27 other students knew it so...) or the one who emailed me and said she refuses to drive in snow so I have to give her her test next week. (To be fair she might be coming from Columbus over 100 miles away)


SOOOO story time before I fly into a homicidal rage.

I am making progress on the post vampiric turning of Luc. I've got two scenes I know need doing. One is when he goes back to his father's place and clears out his stuff. The second is when he goes to tell his family he has moved out and is quitting his job with them. Arrigo (and Siobhan) are with him for both (well Siobhan isn't at the house)

Here's the thing, I know that I need a lot of Luc pov stuff from this point on but I don't want to unbalance a book that has been alternating povs for the first 40K. Should both scenes be in Luc's pov? Should one be Arrigo watching Luc go through this? And if so, which one? I'd appreciate an outside view of this!

And then this opportunity came today. From Terrible Mind's blogger/author Chuck Wendig who has a huge following Promote my book and someone else's. You can see it if you want to get in on this. here I put in Kept Tears and ozma914's Storm Chaser because a) why not help a friend and b) he's having a much crappier time than me lately and you know that's saying something.

Also check out Wendig's writing motivational post here

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to medelle. Hope it was a great day

WHy so behind?

25797 / 50000
(51.59%)

declutter day 301 item tossed-The Children of Hurin why kept=Wanted to read as it’s part of the LoTR universe Why tossed -Boring as hell

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I guess it depends on whether there are any scenes between Luc cleaning out his family home and telling his family he's actually leaving them. If there are, even short scenes, it ought to be okay. If not, well, the scenes might need to be combined if you think it'll outweight the multiple POVs.

Whee for your students.

Good on you getting in the self-promotion!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I could probably jam a short Eleni scene between them but otherwise, it's the same day.

They're killing me

yes I'm happy about that

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I can totally understand why. Well, the students remind me of some of my ex-clients.

Then I'd try to combine the two scenes into one larger scene, just to keep things moving. Is there any way the scene where he confronts his family could just be the whole scene, and he eludes to removing the stuff from the house during it?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Nope. We need to see some of the moving. I was thinking exactly the opposite, breaking it up somehow

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Okay!

[apgeeksout.livejournal.com]

What's the state of their relationship at this point in the story? Would it make sense to have Luc narrate the packing scene, thinking about his old life and the newness/strangeness/niceness/etc. of having Arrigo in his space? If Arrigo narrates the confrontation scene, there should be a reason for it: what else is he noticing besides play-by-play of the action? has he seen Luc in this place/with these people before? does the way Luc deals with the scene tell Arrigo something he didn't know or appreciate about him before?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

The state of their relationship is 'complicated'. I decided to go with Luc's pov since they are very important scenes for him. And yes to Arrigo seeing Luc in these situations before thanks. this is helpful

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

POV should be dictated by whose eyes the reader needs to be seeing through. If you can't go outside Luc's head and still show what you need to show, then stay in his head. Contriving ways to switch the POV character usually sounds exactly that--contrived. In other words, trust your creative gut on this one and don't let an OCD obligation to "balance" constrain your narrative flow. If the big block of Luc jumps out and stabs your eyeballs in later readings, you can find a way then to break it up. Right now it's NaNo, so go ahead and do it wrong if you want to.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Yes that's pretty much the best advice. I decided today during exams that it needed to be both in Luc's pov. After all, he has the biggest journey to make from mouse to man. From afraid to at least willing to try to stand up for himself.

Arrigo has had 2000+ years to become the semi-asshole he is. His part in this is to look like he's falling for Luc and not preying on the hopelessly naive and desperate for affection Luc.

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

What silvrethorn said. Stay with Luc if that's what the story calls for.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah that's what I decided on. thanks