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Writing Progress Day 2
Jan. 16th, 2020 11:02 pm So, I was counting yesterday already since it was a write-in day, but the goal both yesterday and today has been to figure out how the romantic relationships actually work amongst my main characters.
The work itself is already an unwieldy monster, and it promises to be more so before it resembles a novel, but I am currently giving it two halves: the initial goals of the main characters and their winding efforts apart and then together to solve what is, ultimately, the same problem, and then the further journey in pursuit of a much higher goal and all of the adventures and challenges that come with it. The main character gets involved in one or two concurrent relationships in the first half, mostly sexual and casual, though perhaps they mean more to her than she will admit, or than they do to her partners. In the second half, she settles on one of those partners, who is also now interested in pursuing a more solid relationship, which follows them through to the end of the work.
Humans are probably even more likely to hook up when the world is ending, but I still wonder if all the sex will even fit at all. Honestly, it's up to me to make it work. I want it to be a thing for the MC, for how she grows as a person and figures herself out. It's very fitting for her, but how explicit it is depicted depends on the tone I want the story to have. I still need to figure out when they do any of this at all! It's a process, and a long one.
Brainstorming time done for Day 1 and Day 2, with a bit of prose and research to go with it.
The work itself is already an unwieldy monster, and it promises to be more so before it resembles a novel, but I am currently giving it two halves: the initial goals of the main characters and their winding efforts apart and then together to solve what is, ultimately, the same problem, and then the further journey in pursuit of a much higher goal and all of the adventures and challenges that come with it. The main character gets involved in one or two concurrent relationships in the first half, mostly sexual and casual, though perhaps they mean more to her than she will admit, or than they do to her partners. In the second half, she settles on one of those partners, who is also now interested in pursuing a more solid relationship, which follows them through to the end of the work.
Humans are probably even more likely to hook up when the world is ending, but I still wonder if all the sex will even fit at all. Honestly, it's up to me to make it work. I want it to be a thing for the MC, for how she grows as a person and figures herself out. It's very fitting for her, but how explicit it is depicted depends on the tone I want the story to have. I still need to figure out when they do any of this at all! It's a process, and a long one.
Brainstorming time done for Day 1 and Day 2, with a bit of prose and research to go with it.
