Wednesday 4 April Report (Previous Report)
Crucible was full of surprises for me today. It is rare for me to write a novel and feel surprised by what I write, but something about today felt different with Crucible. I’m yet to pinpoint what it is that caused me to write like a possessed person, yet it was something good to do. It makes me proud to do my work without any real obstacle in my way.
Crucible gives me hope. I started it several years ago yet it remained untouched for the longest time. Now that it is progressing with undeniable speed, I don’t know why I delayed in writing it. I find the entire novel is such a break from my usual that it revitalizes my writing tanks and breaks the monotony of my routine.
Where My Word Count Should Be: 27,500 words
Where My Word Count Is: 27,557 words
- What I Did Today
Today focused on two major revelations in the novel. The first focuses on the relationship between secondary protagonist Ash and main antagonist Frost. It is something that comes out of the blue and I feel it is a twist done right. The second focuses on Lumi’s slow discovery as to WHAT the titular Crucible is. The way I build it is not something magnificent or glorious, but rather horrific. I am proud of how I show it.
- The Best Sample From Today
I have to use the moment where Ash recites the prophecy about the Crucible to Lumi, because it pans out so well and helps Lumi fill in the gaps of what she knows. It is a critical point in the novel.
“The prophecy spoke of this. ‘In the forest to the west, you will find the first test. Seven days hence, be inside the defense. Buried in the red lands, hidden by sands yet found only by new hands. You will find what you seek, yet there is less than a week. The skies will be your salvation from the coming annihilation. Yet there are two, bound like glue. Their love will be the key to preventing the terrible. Only they can activate the Crucible.’ It all makes sense. This is the Crucible, Lumi. Somewhere hidden beneath us is what we seek.”
The paragraph is rather self explanatory in what I intend it to do. It is a straightforward plot outline disguised as something the people in-universe take as religious law. It avoids the dreaded Deus Ex Machina curse as I have spoken of the prophecy before, but now I could use it to further the novel.
The way that Lumi sees the prophecy is something I omitted from the sample, because it spoils a major plot point in the novel and shows you, my reader, what will happen down the line.
- How Productive I Felt I Was
The way I wrote the two pieces of plot today were quite intriguing to me but not an unknown. I do write parent figures into my novels and they always provide some form of antagonising to the main characters except in the case of Reality, though that is a special case in my literary canon.
I am confident in saying that the definitive end of Act One will be completed with the end of the current chapter. Connections might not be a long chapter when compared to Hunted or Endurance, but the purpose of it is to bridge the gap between the first two acts by solidifying the main questions of the novel. And that is what it does, so it works.
- What I Intend To Write Next Week
I will keep this short this week as I intend to inform everyone of what I intend to do at the end of the week. Keep your minds creative and put those pens onto paper.
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