Ups, downs, and in-betweens
Okay, so here's a major drawback of largely working in a small summerhosue (hell, that's a contradiction of terms) at the bottom of the garden. In winter, it gets absolutely, gnawingly, bitingly, numbingly freezing. I'm practically sitting on top of a massive great electric heater, and my breath is hanging in frosted plumes in the air. Dammit. Only a few days ago I was saying that Spring was on its way. Well, winter's come back to show us what he can do. I ended up going back into the house to try and raise my blood temperature back above zero. It was so cold I literally couldn't feel my fingers (and that resulted in some weird typing mistakes, let me tell you).
So, with only four days left until I'm meant to start writing White Light, I don't think I'm going to finish the prewriting in time. Not that it matters, of course; I just don't want to get into the habit of breaking deadlines. To tell the truth, I'm really in two minds about this project. One part of me is bouncing up and down in childish excitement: 'Whoopee!' it says, 'Another Cold Witness novel about to begin!' The other part of my mind is saying this, however: 'Alex, are you sure you want to do this? Why not write something safe, like Twilight 2?'
I decided long ago, though, that I don't want to play it safe. Okay, so White Light is ambitious. I like ambitious. I think I'm experienced enough to start playing around with both 1st and 3rd person POV in one novel; I've always loved the way some authors put in snippets of journal entries here and there to spice things up. I also think I'm ready to deal with some of the darker issues this novel will address. Technology unchained; the darkness in the human mind; the cold, calculating ruthlessness of the NSA Board of Special Research (that's one of my inventions, by the way). It's also time to start testing the boundaries of my own writing ability. How far can I really push myself? Can I make something worth remembering, something the like of which I've never written before?
Let's hope so. The next step of the journey is just ahead.
Okay, so here's a major drawback of largely working in a small summerhosue (hell, that's a contradiction of terms) at the bottom of the garden. In winter, it gets absolutely, gnawingly, bitingly, numbingly freezing. I'm practically sitting on top of a massive great electric heater, and my breath is hanging in frosted plumes in the air. Dammit. Only a few days ago I was saying that Spring was on its way. Well, winter's come back to show us what he can do. I ended up going back into the house to try and raise my blood temperature back above zero. It was so cold I literally couldn't feel my fingers (and that resulted in some weird typing mistakes, let me tell you).
So, with only four days left until I'm meant to start writing White Light, I don't think I'm going to finish the prewriting in time. Not that it matters, of course; I just don't want to get into the habit of breaking deadlines. To tell the truth, I'm really in two minds about this project. One part of me is bouncing up and down in childish excitement: 'Whoopee!' it says, 'Another Cold Witness novel about to begin!' The other part of my mind is saying this, however: 'Alex, are you sure you want to do this? Why not write something safe, like Twilight 2?'
I decided long ago, though, that I don't want to play it safe. Okay, so White Light is ambitious. I like ambitious. I think I'm experienced enough to start playing around with both 1st and 3rd person POV in one novel; I've always loved the way some authors put in snippets of journal entries here and there to spice things up. I also think I'm ready to deal with some of the darker issues this novel will address. Technology unchained; the darkness in the human mind; the cold, calculating ruthlessness of the NSA Board of Special Research (that's one of my inventions, by the way). It's also time to start testing the boundaries of my own writing ability. How far can I really push myself? Can I make something worth remembering, something the like of which I've never written before?
Let's hope so. The next step of the journey is just ahead.
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