Writing Updatia
Dec. 18th, 2006 09:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellyssianWell, some progress made over the waves of the blood-red sea.
Lady MacBathory shows no shame when her young sailor confronts her about the possibility - the rumor - that she just might not be a moral, upstanding, young lady, and she heartily agrees. I suppose I have something like what I've heard Anita Blake tends to do, except rest assured I leave most of what happens to your imagination; I just provide enough information to let you know it is happening. A lot.
There is a reason for it, of course. Not a subtle one, but it is at the core of the character.
She continues to find clever places to entertain her sailor friends, and the treasure hold provides a, erm, rich background. At the same, it suits as a barrel of apples might, and she Overhears certain discussion and is greatly entertained by it. Or perhaps, she just enjoys her young sailor's company.
I'm sure she leaves him exhausted some time close to morning, but she finds the first mate to her liking as well, and certainly seems to enjoy him right up until they prepare to engage with one of the many pirate ships Revenge, who looks to be heavy with loot.
Alas, due to no fault of hers, or the charge she sets in the Revenge's hull, it seems someone has scuttled the ship and sent her riches to Davy Jones.
So, now we have 14,561 words, and there's still the second mate, Jilkey's recollection, the invocation of Macbeth, a storm, an island, His Majesty's Ship the Big Bad Brig, and, of course, the betrayal, murder, and other mayhem that is the grande finale. I suppose my ability to estimate is failing me, but I could see this getting to 20,000 words before Jilkey arrives on the scene like a knight in shining armor, which probably puts the more realistic number approaching 30,000. I shouldn't really speculate, because I already feel like I might not be getting into as much detail as needed to tell the story - and unlike some of the short stories where certain things are left up in the air, this must be somewhat clearer, even if the key motivations of the key characters are somewhat obscured.
Lady MacBathory shows no shame when her young sailor confronts her about the possibility - the rumor - that she just might not be a moral, upstanding, young lady, and she heartily agrees. I suppose I have something like what I've heard Anita Blake tends to do, except rest assured I leave most of what happens to your imagination; I just provide enough information to let you know it is happening. A lot.
There is a reason for it, of course. Not a subtle one, but it is at the core of the character.
She continues to find clever places to entertain her sailor friends, and the treasure hold provides a, erm, rich background. At the same, it suits as a barrel of apples might, and she Overhears certain discussion and is greatly entertained by it. Or perhaps, she just enjoys her young sailor's company.
I'm sure she leaves him exhausted some time close to morning, but she finds the first mate to her liking as well, and certainly seems to enjoy him right up until they prepare to engage with one of the many pirate ships Revenge, who looks to be heavy with loot.
Alas, due to no fault of hers, or the charge she sets in the Revenge's hull, it seems someone has scuttled the ship and sent her riches to Davy Jones.
So, now we have 14,561 words, and there's still the second mate, Jilkey's recollection, the invocation of Macbeth, a storm, an island, His Majesty's Ship the Big Bad Brig, and, of course, the betrayal, murder, and other mayhem that is the grande finale. I suppose my ability to estimate is failing me, but I could see this getting to 20,000 words before Jilkey arrives on the scene like a knight in shining armor, which probably puts the more realistic number approaching 30,000. I shouldn't really speculate, because I already feel like I might not be getting into as much detail as needed to tell the story - and unlike some of the short stories where certain things are left up in the air, this must be somewhat clearer, even if the key motivations of the key characters are somewhat obscured.
