Day Twenty-Four

[altariel.livejournal.com]

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[tianaluthien.livejournal.com]

Righty-ho then. I am up to about 4500 words.

*blink*

Did I just say that? Wow...I didn't realize I'd come so far... :D

Excerpt:

Sinking down on the edge of his bed he glanced at the glowing red numbers: 12.30 am.

Christmas morning.

His lips twisted and he raised his glass to the dark in bitter salute. Then he brought it to his lips and drained it.

(random, I know ;))

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

471 today. Relatively productive: I decided to split the out-of-control finale chapter, found a good end point for the first installment and started the new chapter 11, though chapter 10 still needs polish. Excerpt shamelessly stolen from the original...

‘That’s right,’ said Ferdy. ‘There’s a word for it, big-something, bigonia, bigwiggy… on the tip of my tongue.’

‘Oh, you mean bigamy,’ supplied Hero. ‘That’s illegal – or at least I think it is. Didn’t Abraham have two wives? Or was it three?’

‘Don’t think I know anyone called Abraham. Do you, Gil?’

‘Silly! He’s from the Bible!’

‘Oh, I definitely don’t know him then. Very bad ton, those Biblical chaps.’

[six-old-cars.livejournal.com]

After Thursday's minimal effort I added another 500 or so, bringing chapter 5 to 3850 words.

I think scene 5 is getting a bit ahead of itself, though. It may be introducing some plot twists that I want to hold off on for another chapter. But I guess that can be corrected in the second draft.

So this was how it would be, Michael realised. Even at the height of his most severe disagreements with the bishop, Michael had not believed he would flatly refuse to explain his reasons, nor demand unquestioning obedience so diametrically opposed to the search for knowledge that was central to the Remembrance faith.