Braindead Dairy #15: In The Zone!
Things are going real smooth. I’ve begun the re-edit of book two, the first chapter of which needed a lot of changing, but it was done with a couple of days, and it reads FAR better. It’s amazing what a few changes can do. Part of this is book II is much simpler than book I – Less characters, less things to balance, a more basic theme. The classic rickety bridge second entry to this trilogy is more about survival.
What this means though is the prose needs to have WEIGHT to it. I want to convey a hard life taking its toll, the elements, the cold, high winds, a lack of food, psychological trauma, bodily aches and pains, the whole nine yards. It’s may be the most intense of the three books. It will also be the shortest and then may slightly pardon the fact it is kinda limited in terms of location and activities. I want to give people a flavour of living in a harsh environment – but in no way do I want anyone to feel they are stuck there as well!
Book two intends to crack you on the jaw.
Book three will definitely be the longest. This means it will be a similar structure to The Lord of The Rings which I’m guessing is probably the most common template. I guess the rationale is if you’ve made it that far you want to know the end and it has to be EPIC!
Just thinking of the editing book III will need is intimidating…but I’ll deal with that later.
Right now I’m in the zone!
