The Isochronism

Yay, another day done. Today's word count was the highest yet, and I was also relatively quick today with only two ish hours instead of three. 

The trouble with writing fast is that you get worried that everything you're writing is nonsense. I'm sure you writers can relate. I have to write something, so I kind of just put anything. At least once I finish this I'll have something I can edit, so there's always that. I do happen to have the greatest editor, and also an insanely good cover artist. (Why do I have a cover artist? Well, let's just say it's complicated.)

I finished earlier today, so let's talk about the prologue that I posted a couple days ago (which you should read below if you haven't. Not because it's good, but because it's just fun to see the styles of other authors.)

That prologue is modeled after the first chapter of one of the first mysteries I ever read, the book that made me fall in love with the mystery genre. It's a book called "The Westing Game" which I highly recommend for any age. Something about the first chapter of that book sparks intrigue in a way that many mysteries don't right off the bat. Like my prologue, it introduces a cast of relevant characters, and provides relevant information to the mystery, before you even know what the mystery is.

It's worth noting, that I hate writing beginnings. They're definitely my weakness as a writer, but I think I can handle endings a lot better. I love writing endings. And so you just read what is probably the worst part of my book. 

The book (which I will just call "SoC" for legal purposes, and because I like pretending my book is important enough to keep secret) is a genre of fantasy that I personally haven't seen before. It's a murder mystery in a fantasy world. I'm kind of tired of the classic questing that characters do so often in fantasies, and so I wanted to go a completely different direction with this story. You'll have to tell me how well I did, setting up the vibe that I wanted my book to have, and I always welcome advice from you good writers who take the time to read my status updates, because obviously I'm still terrible at starting a book well. I speculate the first few chapters of the book are even worse than what you just read, but it's possible I'll post a few of those here too at some point, let me know if you'd be interested.

Anyway, as always, I love you all, enjoy the remainder of your day.

Today's W Count: 2174

Total W Count: 6460