Writing A Body Count Into My Novel Due To Real World Hate
I wrote quite a bit going into the late night yesterday. Up until 1:15 a.m., I wrote 2,157 words. Most of it was finishing off Chapter 12 with some nice new revelations - like the Legislative Assistant's, Hannah Hillsbrough's husband is in the John Harper Society and she's about to hire a private investigator to follow him which is going to cause a body count.
But the really good news is that I started Chapter 13 which is where the second act begins. And it begins with a bang - literally. After a brief discussion of a 4-day campaign junket to the Traditionalist belt of western Michigan (some things barely change for the story) someone throws a nail bomb into the Matthew Starwood campaign headquarters.
Hooray act two!
I haven't decided what the carnage inflicted is going to be. It was almost all nameless campaign workers in the office at the time - it was late at night and they were preparing a mailing. So I could, in theory, kill off a couple of them. To only send one or two to the hospital with minor injuries seems to be wussing out. To kill too many would mean succumbing to NaNoInsanity.
Either way, this is where the heart of the plot really starts. The next big line I'm going to incorporate is:
"If they think that because we're pacifists, that we don't recognize a declaration of war, they've got another thing coming."
There are going to be a few slit throats in the next few chapters as the humble world of Detroit's anti-British contingent slips into chaos with the snakes and the John Harper Society (and hence Liam and Callum) coming to blows.
2005 NaNoWriMo: 33,999 words
2004 NaNoWriMo: 32,953 words
incendiarymind: 33,999 words
reliantfc3: 26,120 words
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But the really good news is that I started Chapter 13 which is where the second act begins. And it begins with a bang - literally. After a brief discussion of a 4-day campaign junket to the Traditionalist belt of western Michigan (some things barely change for the story) someone throws a nail bomb into the Matthew Starwood campaign headquarters.
Hooray act two!
I haven't decided what the carnage inflicted is going to be. It was almost all nameless campaign workers in the office at the time - it was late at night and they were preparing a mailing. So I could, in theory, kill off a couple of them. To only send one or two to the hospital with minor injuries seems to be wussing out. To kill too many would mean succumbing to NaNoInsanity.
Either way, this is where the heart of the plot really starts. The next big line I'm going to incorporate is:
"If they think that because we're pacifists, that we don't recognize a declaration of war, they've got another thing coming."
There are going to be a few slit throats in the next few chapters as the humble world of Detroit's anti-British contingent slips into chaos with the snakes and the John Harper Society (and hence Liam and Callum) coming to blows.
2005 NaNoWriMo: 33,999 words
2004 NaNoWriMo: 32,953 words
incendiarymind: 33,999 words
reliantfc3: 26,120 words
posted by incendiarymind at 9:42 AM
2 Comments:
Well, my story started with a funeral, but that person was already dead, so I suppose he doesn't count. So far, I haven't killed off any characters yet--but it'll happen soon. [insert evil cackle here]
Yeah, there's one death in the immediate future following a torture. That should be fun to write because he's the leader of some racist skins. Unlike yesterday's victim, I want him to die.
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