Saturday, 02 August 2008
A Sad Turning Point
I'm reaching a turning point in the novel. A point where the fact that this is a murder investigation will hit the readers full in the face. This isn't particularly new for me, though. Other novels have had similar turning points, and yet it's a point I'm dreading. Not that that's anything new, either. Ive written similar turning points that have evoked such feelings of regret before...
Two characters are about to die, and I'm starting to wish it didn't have to be like this. Neither of them deserve it, but then, who does? But one of them, she's... inspirational. And she's struck a chord in me. But she has to die, the story requires it, and if I don't do it, the readers will feel cheated. This is the character whose death will affect them most, I hope, and if she doesn't die, then I don't think they'll get as emotionally invested in the story as I need them to.
But I won't write her death today. I've already written 5,083 words today, and that's the most I've written in one day so far for this one. I've a word count of 18,459. I can hit 20k tomorrow.
Have a good night, y'all.
