Plot holes
Today's writing was primarily about fixing a plot hole.
One of the biggest challenges of writing a trilogy is keeping all the plot points going. I have 3x5 cards for each character and another series with the basic plot outline. But, as I've written before, I don't write out my plot to the gnat's eyelash. I like to let things be more organic than that.
But since this is the last book, all the plots I've laid out in the other two books - not to mention the plot of the trilogy - need to wrap up in this book. So, recently, I laid out the chapters to come, including notes about the side plots that need to be wrapped up. The end of the trilogy should wrap up all those stories. Give the reader closure.
I also had written the last chapter months ago. Well, as it turns out, it's not going to be the last chapter, but the penultimate chapter when our heroes save the day. I re-read that chapter when I was adding the other notes to see what things I might need to make sure happen in those interim chapters before the Jewel Keepers quell the gods.
And when I read that last chapter, I realized that I had made a grave error. I had put one of my evil gods to sleep earlier in the trilogy. But he was supposed to be wreaking havoc. Now, the dark mage in charge was doing a fine job of being evil. But it wasn't the same as the evil god. So, I needed to wake him up!
That's what today's writing did. Awoken an evil god, and created the foreboding of what he will do next.
One of the biggest challenges of writing a trilogy is keeping all the plot points going. I have 3x5 cards for each character and another series with the basic plot outline. But, as I've written before, I don't write out my plot to the gnat's eyelash. I like to let things be more organic than that.
But since this is the last book, all the plots I've laid out in the other two books - not to mention the plot of the trilogy - need to wrap up in this book. So, recently, I laid out the chapters to come, including notes about the side plots that need to be wrapped up. The end of the trilogy should wrap up all those stories. Give the reader closure.
I also had written the last chapter months ago. Well, as it turns out, it's not going to be the last chapter, but the penultimate chapter when our heroes save the day. I re-read that chapter when I was adding the other notes to see what things I might need to make sure happen in those interim chapters before the Jewel Keepers quell the gods.
And when I read that last chapter, I realized that I had made a grave error. I had put one of my evil gods to sleep earlier in the trilogy. But he was supposed to be wreaking havoc. Now, the dark mage in charge was doing a fine job of being evil. But it wasn't the same as the evil god. So, I needed to wake him up!
That's what today's writing did. Awoken an evil god, and created the foreboding of what he will do next.
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