The idea I had last week continues to expand, and I'm actually now writing stuff for the backstory of the novel that will never make it into the book itself. I'm going at it like a fanfic (in other words, creating a backstory for a character in a TV show or book or something) except that it's my own story this time and whatever stuff I'm making up is going to immediately effect the way the novel turns out. Backstage stuff that happened in a prestory universe is going to mess with whatever's going on on the stage in front. This means that genius me's going to have to commit to a massive rewrite when it comes to Carden's and Antiphos' lines.
It's going well; probably going to start typing it up today. I've found things go better for me if I write whatever I want out on paper with pencil (never pen; makes it a bitch to erase mistakes when you use a pen) and THEN I type it up. Then I edit till my eyes water or the computer screams at me that it's good enough-whatever comes first.
So I just, you know, stepped backwards twenty years into the past to be able to tell my story in the present better. I've still gotta build a backstory for both Antiphos and Caedmon. Antiphos should be easy; his story eventually gets deeply embedded with Carden's, but Caedmon is going to take some building up.
On with the work!
Ta,
Bec
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