So, I haven’t done a ton of story stuff lately --- lots of personal
stuff going on --- but I DID manage to complete…chapter 17! Yay yay yay!
It might just be the weirdest chapter so far in this story. …Um,
and by “weirdest” I mean…weird in my mind. For others, it will probably feel like
the most normal-book chapter. That is because, try as I might, some part of me
is stuck in the inn.
…I guess that is good --- because many aspects of my main
girl need to remain stuck in the inn as well. It must be something she can’t
get over, can’t just spring back from as if it didn’t happen. Because it did happen, and it was horrible. Which
has made chapter 17 difficult --- because I want to show her pure relief
at being free, and her survival instinct kicking in; but at the same time, it
would be insensitive and unrealistic to have her just go on as if nothing happened,
as if her time there was just a small detour, and now she is back to where she
started.
…But, in many ways…that is sort of how it is.
Before the story started…some stuff happened. [Not telling!
And I have no idea when you will actually find out in the story.] This stuff
led to her being where she is when the book opens. It also made it so she had
nowhere to go, and no one to go to. Very hopeless situation.
Then she ended up in the inn. And her hopeless situation…plummeted
to a whole new level of hopelessness. Like twenty times, it did that.
My story does not look like this:
My story looks like this:
…Okay, yes, that is an exaggeration. [And a dreadful
drawing.] …But not much. Haha!
ANYWAY…so the inn was awful. But now that she is out…she
once again has nowhere to go…and no one to go to.
…So yeah, 17 has been interesting.
I did figure something out though, I think. I was going to
have it that in between her escape and her being found by certain people…she
was going to have lots of dreams. Really terrifying dreams. And while some of
that can happen, there simply isn’t enough time for her to have all of the
dreams I wanted to her have --- PLUS…it would mean that like three entire
chapters would be nothing but dreams…and very, very similar dreams. Can’t have
that.
SO…she could have a dream or two before she is found. That
works, and I have one in particular that is just…awesome. Just awesome. Then,
after she is found…she could continue to have them periodically.
Basically, what I am trying to do with the inn from this
part on…is make it so it never fully leaves her mind. It’s always right there to
whisper defeat into her heart…always there to strike down every sliver of
happiness she starts to feel. And the dreams fit right into that. I might not
be able to keep every single one…but they could be spread out over a period of
time even after she is no longer with the half-breed group.
…Oh, what? “No longer with the half-breed group” --- you don’t
know what that means? …You will. Muhaha.
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