I've been pulling together the information on 'The Watchers' in the Worlds Apart series so that future references to them can be consistent. I remembered that there were more verses in the Riddle of the Fie, that Grando relates to Bella, than I ended up having in the final version of the first book. While more verses were interesting to me, they slowed the story down for no real payoff so I cut them out.
For anyone who's interested here is the full list of verses, the additional verses are in italics:
Came the host upon our shore,
with lance of light declared they war,
inner bright at once destroyed,
cast adrift in darkened void.
Came the host upon the sky,
Storm of clouds drawing nigh,
Sere the coast with falling fire,
billowing clouds rise ever higher.
Came the host upon the mount,
Numbering beyond our count,
Rent the peaks, blinding eyes,
Fill the ether with their lies.
Came the host upon the sea,
Wave of death no time to flee,
Wall of fire, wall of foam,
Nothing left of hearth and home.
Came the host upon our land,
Blackened earth and glassy sand,
Trees of fire and fields of ash,
Dreams of life gone in a flash.
Came the host ‘pon Watcher’s seat,
with mighty fire they did defeat,
as winked out, the Watcher’s eye,
the host was felled from the sky.
--
A.I. Marin
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Sunday, 6 December 2015
NaNoWriMo Final Results
NaNoWriMo finished on Monday the 30th of November and I managed a total of 85,066 words on my official word count. I'm pleased with the results of my first time participating, however I believe I can do more words next time.
The plan I had for a story when I started only covered about the first 10k words I'd written. By the end of the first day (7k) I already knew I was in trouble. I had no clear direction to keep writing in. On the second day I spent some time planning and my word count was low but I ended up with enough of a plan to reach over the 50k mark.
Once I hit the goal of 50k on November 15th I relaxed and took it much easier from there. The story I wrote played out just under the 60k words. Rather than go back and add padding that would just slow the story down I worked on book three of the Worlds Apart series and counted those words in my total. It may not be totally legit but I wanted to see how many words I could reach.
I think I should be able to hit 100k if I have a plan for a story that runs to that length and if I keep pushing for the whole thirty days. That's my goal for next year, have a story plan long enough and push for the whole month to try and hit 100k. As a supplementary goal I hope to hit the 50k before day 15 to beat the mark I set this year.
Onward to NaNoWriMo 2016!
A.I. Marin.
The plan I had for a story when I started only covered about the first 10k words I'd written. By the end of the first day (7k) I already knew I was in trouble. I had no clear direction to keep writing in. On the second day I spent some time planning and my word count was low but I ended up with enough of a plan to reach over the 50k mark.
Once I hit the goal of 50k on November 15th I relaxed and took it much easier from there. The story I wrote played out just under the 60k words. Rather than go back and add padding that would just slow the story down I worked on book three of the Worlds Apart series and counted those words in my total. It may not be totally legit but I wanted to see how many words I could reach.
I think I should be able to hit 100k if I have a plan for a story that runs to that length and if I keep pushing for the whole thirty days. That's my goal for next year, have a story plan long enough and push for the whole month to try and hit 100k. As a supplementary goal I hope to hit the 50k before day 15 to beat the mark I set this year.
Onward to NaNoWriMo 2016!
A.I. Marin.
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