Holy Neglected Blog, Batman!
Sorry for the distinct absence of, well, me. Auntie Heather has been immersing herself in all things Wonderland lately and, for a moment, she forgot that she has minions to chatter with. But I'm back to semi-sanity now, with news from the other side of the looking-glass.
Friday night it occurred to me that Dillon had no real reason to climb through that mirror...and even less reason to stay in Wonderland and figure out who's telling the truth about why Wonderland is the wasteland it has become--Alice or Cheshire? So I thought about it all weekend, the whowhatwherewhenwhyhow of it all, and I came up with a few possibilities. Yesterday I started working those possibilities into a detailed chapter by chapter outline. I'm pretty pleased with what I have so far, even though I've only managed to map out the first four chapters.
The challenge with Wonderland has been giving Dillon the power to move the story. What I had written prior to my Question Fest is good and will likely stay in one form or another, but Dillon wasn't driving the story. He was reacting to what Cheshire and Alice were doing...and this story isn't about them. It's about Dillon. So now that Dillon and I have an understanding of his motives, we can move forward, finish that outline, and dive back into Wonderland together.
As for Vlad...he's enjoying his nap, and would be thrilled to remind you all that he should be making his debut come late Summer of 2007.
Friday night it occurred to me that Dillon had no real reason to climb through that mirror...and even less reason to stay in Wonderland and figure out who's telling the truth about why Wonderland is the wasteland it has become--Alice or Cheshire? So I thought about it all weekend, the whowhatwherewhenwhyhow of it all, and I came up with a few possibilities. Yesterday I started working those possibilities into a detailed chapter by chapter outline. I'm pretty pleased with what I have so far, even though I've only managed to map out the first four chapters.
The challenge with Wonderland has been giving Dillon the power to move the story. What I had written prior to my Question Fest is good and will likely stay in one form or another, but Dillon wasn't driving the story. He was reacting to what Cheshire and Alice were doing...and this story isn't about them. It's about Dillon. So now that Dillon and I have an understanding of his motives, we can move forward, finish that outline, and dive back into Wonderland together.
As for Vlad...he's enjoying his nap, and would be thrilled to remind you all that he should be making his debut come late Summer of 2007.
posted by Heather Brewer at 6:02 AM
3 Comments:
Brilliant. It's terrific that you identified what wasn't working for WONDERLAND before -- that damn "reactive" instead of "active" trait that can be so deadly. I had the same problem previously with ROAD, and it took writing the detailed chapter outline to remedy that. Heh. Great minds think alike, eh?
I can't wait to meet Dillon. Or to get my hardback copy of EGB from the store. I'll get to crow, "I KNOW THE AUTHOR!"
See? It's all about me. ;)
Oh, I have the worst time with "reactive" vs. "active". But the detailed chapter outline really seems to help with working out the kinks--plus it takes me out of the story, so I have a clear view of the plot.
Gawd, Jax, we're brilliant. :)
Ain't we? ;)
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