At this point in The Winter the Troll Danced with Old Nick, there are a lot of characters with a lot of motivations. A lot of things are going on. I’ve decided to get organized.
I’m pulling each character’s story out linearly. After I’ve followed the line of action of each character through the first series of events, and written the story lines from their viewpoints, I’ll mix it up and keep a few surprises.
This seems to be working pretty well. Recently, for example, I found myself losing track of Nick, who is one of the title characters, and therefore should be kept track of. It turns out that he’ll be responsible for the introduction of our main elf bad guy.
Word count has been mightily hefted. For the overall novel, however, ultimately word count will be mightily trimmed in the long run, as things will change. After MayNo, I suppose.
40041 / 90000 words. 44% done!
26580 / 50000 words. 53% done!
571 words behind or 1674 words for 14 days.
I hope the words are flowing off your fingertips.
Catherine
