AnneMarble
08-18-2005, 01:39 AM
Today, during lunch, I wrote the first draft of the scene where a despised character named Guy dies -- ickily.
:partyguy:
Everybody familiar with my story despises Guy. I hope that's a good sign in this case. While not an outright villain, he is not one of the good guys. More like a corn on their little toes. When I mentioned in a writing chat that I had decided to kill Guy off, a number of people gave me tips. Many ideas were rejected because they would have made his death too quick. I hope that this is a sign that when (not if!) my book gets published, readers will love to hate Guy. Either that, or people will simply think my characters should have killed him off much sooner! ;)
In the original draft, Guy was caught trying to kill one of my heroes, Moonstone, by hitting him on the head and shoving him into the river from the deck of the yacht. Later, warriors working for the bad guys free Guy (who is awaiting a flogging) so that he can later help them find entrance to the castle of my other hero, Brodin. But I realized that although this would involve an exciting battle scene, it still managed to slow down the action of the novel. Now, instead, Guy tries to escape his punishment by climbing down a fish net on the hull of the yacht, just as the yacht is passing through a narrow canal with cliffs rising on each side. The yacht is forced to suddenly to evade a passing barge on the other side by pulling somewhat toward the side of the cliff, and... well, you can imagine the result.
:scared:
:partyguy:
Everybody familiar with my story despises Guy. I hope that's a good sign in this case. While not an outright villain, he is not one of the good guys. More like a corn on their little toes. When I mentioned in a writing chat that I had decided to kill Guy off, a number of people gave me tips. Many ideas were rejected because they would have made his death too quick. I hope that this is a sign that when (not if!) my book gets published, readers will love to hate Guy. Either that, or people will simply think my characters should have killed him off much sooner! ;)
In the original draft, Guy was caught trying to kill one of my heroes, Moonstone, by hitting him on the head and shoving him into the river from the deck of the yacht. Later, warriors working for the bad guys free Guy (who is awaiting a flogging) so that he can later help them find entrance to the castle of my other hero, Brodin. But I realized that although this would involve an exciting battle scene, it still managed to slow down the action of the novel. Now, instead, Guy tries to escape his punishment by climbing down a fish net on the hull of the yacht, just as the yacht is passing through a narrow canal with cliffs rising on each side. The yacht is forced to suddenly to evade a passing barge on the other side by pulling somewhat toward the side of the cliff, and... well, you can imagine the result.
:scared: