Mwaha...ha?

My evil laugh needs work XD But besides that....

I haven't done much writing, but I have good reasons which may or may not include watching Tangled, The King's Speech, and shopping at a bookstore which was having a 90% off sale. Oh yes. At said bookstore which I may or may not have visited, I bought a little book. Said little book is called "The Writer's Little Helper" and I've found it appropriately named. My favorite feature so far is called the Ten Scene Tool. The author, James V. Smith, Jr., suggests using this tool in place of the classic outline, mainly because outlining...

Wow, are you guys lucky....

....or not. Well. Instead of working on something to put up on my blog, I spent the last two days taking tests, buying books and devouring "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara (which, by the way, is the inspiration for one of my favorite films on the Civil War). So tonight you get the first chapter of my NaNo 2010 unedited and unfinished novel, Reapers. Oh, joy. This isn't the absolute beginning of the book--there's a prologue, too, but it's slightly new and I was hesitant about posting it. I pretty much loathe this first chapter, but I love Reapers' characters, and hopefully you will, too =)

<3, Elisabeth




Reapers: Chapter One

The water buckets were not heavy, but Twink crept along the empty dirt road as if he was walking on graves. He glanced constantly over his shoulder at the well, licking his lips in anticipation. I’ll bet my entire beetle collection that Bross and his thugs are hiding in those bushes. Well, let ‘em come; I’m ready!

First Chapter

'Kay, so I seem to be falling into a very disturbing trend of being sick and forgetting to post on my blog. I'm really sorry ._. It's not like I don't have anything to post--I have a whole PILE of stuff that I'm waiting to have evaluated by other people. Get your act together, me.

Today's (tonight's) post is the first chapter of my pet book (the one that I'm co-authoring with Fozzy/Danielle, and the one that kicked off my writing career six years ago). It has a very complicated plot that I STILL haven't figured out. It also has a prologue, but I feel that I show people the prologue too often, and forget about the first chapter. So you get the first chapter =) I pity you.

I covet your comments. My yearly Writer's Conference (GPCWC) is coming up in August and I'd really like to make some headway this year. Don't be afraid to be blunt--believe me, once you read the chapter, you'll know how much I need bluntness XD

Well, enjoy! I'll try to post again tomorrow--another exercise, perhaps?

~Elisabeth

                                     Chapter One: Anna

The clock’s running backwards.

Anna Foster watched the minute hand drag along the clock face. She listened with only one ear to Miss Morgan’s lecture and tapped her pencil against her blank notebook. Just two more minutes; two more minutes and you’re out of here. She twisted a strand of hair around one finger before turning her attention back to her teacher.

Ideas, Ideas

Okay, first of all, let me apologize for not posting in over a week. I've been sick and I've spent most of the last week on my sofa being miserable XD I haven't gotten any writing done, just a bit of brainstorming. And I think I kinda latched onto a new idea.

Maybe...

I don't know much about it yet, but all I DO know is that there are five brothers. They're not in a fantasy world; they're in ours, and I don't know what time period. And I have no idea what they do, or if they even do anything XD I think one of the brothers--maybe the oldest--has a problem. Maybe it's mental, or maybe it's physical. And one of the brothers is a lover. And one might be a scholarish rascal. But I don't know anything about the other two XD And I'm really not sure if my main character will be the youngest brother or the second-eldest. It depends on what ends up being "wrong" with the eldest. Or maybe it doesn't. I guess my idea's at "that" stage XD

I got the idea after watching "Dancing at Loughnasa" (an film set in Ireland centered around five sisters) and after watching the preview for "Little Women." Maybe it's just me, but I couldn't think of any stories about a little group of brothers other than The Brothers Karamazov, and certainly not one set in modern-day or close-to-modern-day settings. Correct me if I'm wrong; I'd like to read said books =P

All I know about my five brothers right now is that their last name is Falcarragh. And that's not even written in stone XD But it sounded cool when I said it (right?) and it's Irish =D

I must leave you now with that; just a random update about the state of my brain. Say Falcarragh five times and be very happy ^_^

God Bless~

Elisabeth

Ps. Aaaand, since this is sounding a little too like "Dancing at Loughnasa", my Falcarraghs don't live in Ireland. They might not even be Irish. They might be Swedish. I don't know. I'm tired XD