#tkdesert

WIP TKDesert 12.10.18

Boom! Done.

First draft complete.

Now to leave it well alone for a while, work on editing other things and beginning additional new words. I am quite pleased with how this tale turned out. I also have copious “TK” notes about what to add it, what to alter, how to approach the redraft. At its heart, this is a love story and one that neatly sets up the involvement of these two characters in the longer work I am planning. They have their agency, they have their deep bond, now all I will need to do is throw increasing peril at them, see whether this bond is strong, or it snaps. (Spoiler — I like to think [at this stage] it is strong enough to survive, but I have been wrong with my characters before.)

WIP TKDesert 11/10/2018

Nearly finished, perhaps only one or two more 30 minute sessions to yield a decent first draft.

WIP TKDesert 09/10/2018 775 words.

Ignore the inaccurate wordcount. I had to restart my computer, thanks to a perfectly timed windows update that ground all to a halt. Cheers, windows. Again.

Still, I’m pleased with this — I am at the point where I am in danger of having the final quarter of the story being all explanation and talking. I need to think carefully about how I can get around this, whilst also including all the information I need to add for What Comes Next.

WIP TKDesert 06/10/2018

This was around 50 minutes of writing, I had a little extra time, so did not stick to my usual 30-minute slot. The scene I am writing is one that shapes what-is-to-come, pivotal and rather exciting. It will need extra work in the redraft and edit, in order to get it that I can see in my mind, but I like the first draft, all the salient points are there.

WIP TKDesert 05/10/2018

Day five of this story and I’ve reached the scene I have wanted to write for some months now.  

WIP TkDesert 04/10/2018

WIP TKDesert 03/10/2018

I’m pleased with this. As I mentioned previously, I suspect the final wordcount will be far fewer than 20K words, but we shall still see - I’m already reaching the major pivotal scene and I’m tempted to reduce the count to 10k, but I quite like seeing the bar in red. Perverse, perhaps, but it helps with my drive to complete.

Last night here in Chiang Mai it rained, very hard. I knew there had already bneen flooding north of here in Chiang Dao, so it wasn’t really a surprise, but it rained and rained and rained, heavy enough to flood over our gate (or beneath it - the water was not THAT high). 

Every time it rains hard I wonder iff this will be the last time before the end of the rainy season, before the months of no rain. To me, it seems as though there was less frequent rain this year - but heavier when it did rain. 

WIP TKDesert 02.10.18

Day two of this new short story. I think I should have it finished in fewer than 20k words, but I am giving myself the leeway in case it needs it.