Just read over a couple of my journal entries from last summer and want to share.
7/3/08 Finished Forest Fire chapter Monday. Today getting into Danestor chapter. I'd already done it from a different POV; now have to rewrite. While napping I got: Edroc didn't want Loriano to bring anything to the cave.... Edroc wanted Loriano to bring something out: The chip of stone he so carelessly picked up. At the end of the Song chapter, he's starting to realize its significance. In Forest Fire, he openly acknowledges it. In the Danestor chapter and journey home, Reynal gets it, too. Just realizing this: I got the shivers. This is what writing is all about--you put in a little incidental thing as background, illustration. Gradually it grows, it reappears, you discover more and more about it, until it becomes A Great Big Thing - The Key!
7/29/08 ...I'm reluctant to end the story, dammit! I've been enjoying the journey and the company.
7/3/08 Finished Forest Fire chapter Monday. Today getting into Danestor chapter. I'd already done it from a different POV; now have to rewrite. While napping I got: Edroc didn't want Loriano to bring anything to the cave.... Edroc wanted Loriano to bring something out: The chip of stone he so carelessly picked up. At the end of the Song chapter, he's starting to realize its significance. In Forest Fire, he openly acknowledges it. In the Danestor chapter and journey home, Reynal gets it, too. Just realizing this: I got the shivers. This is what writing is all about--you put in a little incidental thing as background, illustration. Gradually it grows, it reappears, you discover more and more about it, until it becomes A Great Big Thing - The Key!
7/29/08 ...I'm reluctant to end the story, dammit! I've been enjoying the journey and the company.
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