Half way through? Not even close!
At the end of my last post, I said “Hoping with the next update I can say I have actually revised areas of the draft. I still have 20 days to go. Plenty of time, right?” If I’d only known what was about to happen.
I’ve been stuck on a major piece of this draft — the antagonists, the villains, the bad guys. In my mind, they were various demons, but I also knew they were not associated with Hell or the Devil. I couldn’t wrap my mind around who these beings were and where they’d come from. I had no name for the places they lived and roamed. I had no name for the rules and regulations they live by, nor did I have a name for the leaders who created them.
When in doubt, I search the internet using words from my draft and follow the rabbit hole hoping something comes to me along the way… a name, a location. So, off to the pool of internet knowledge I went. I waded through contracts with demons, deals with the devil, and deal makers. And there it was. One tiny word that has changed my draft: Fae. My demons weren’t demons at all. They were Fae!
Huzzah, right? Uh, let’s just say, I hit my head in the shallow end and floated into the deep end without support. I have submerged myself into the world of the Fae. The more I read, the more I know this is the right fit. However, before I do a full rewrite, I want to preserve the story I have. So, for now, I will set this epiphany aside and go back to strengthening the story from start to finish.
Just 16 more days in this month. I may not be following my initial goal (I was so cute back then), but I have revised more than I had before. Let’s see what happens next.
Wendy Crafton Writes 