Okay so yesterday i slacked off and didn’t write anything, but today i made up for it. I’ve been writing for hours and i actually set out to write the treatment for the prologue but instead wrote out most of it as it might appear in the finished book, and during all this i thought that i might just skip the treatment part and go strait to the writing of the book, i was really enjoying it, i just writing stuff as it came to me, i wrote far more then i thought i might, which does make me feel better about writing the book itself, knowing that i can write so much with so little information to start with.
[17 Oct 2010]
I finish my chapter write ups today, 11 pages of notes, now i have to turn that into an even more detailed treatment. Which i’ll write chapter by chapter, seeing as thats how i intend to write the book. Getting each chapter right before moving on to the next one. Can’t wait.
[15 Oct 2010]
Today i turned a page and a half from my chapter list into 6 pages. Basically the chapter list has 42 chapters written down with 1 or 2 lines of what happens within that chapter. Today i wrote down more detail for each chapter, so i’ll be at 6 to 10 pages of chapter write ups tomorrow, i hope. Next once that is done i can start on the treatment, again i’ll be doing it by chapter, but getting more detailed about everything, filling up at least a page per chapter, so i should have around a 42 page treatment. And from that i can start to write the book. All this is so i can work out the kinks so once i start writing i won’t get stuck half way wondering what i’m writing.
Once i actually start writing i’ll be doing it chapter at a time, making sure that i’m happy with each one before i move on to the next. Looking forward to it. Hopefully i’ll be starting that in a few weeks. Stay tuned.
[14 Oct 2010]
Today i set out the story in chapters, 43 in all so far, and i might even have a few more to add later. I’ll take each chapter and write a lay out, a detailed brief of each one. At the end i should have a pretty good treatment for the book giving me all i need to get started on the book.
I still need to find names for the 5 new characters i mentioned yesterday. And because these names can’t really be easily recognisable as human names, i’ll find them without using a name search, but in stead by looking at objects around the house.
[13 Oct 2010]
More writing done, Yayy.
I wanted to make the story a little more complex and i think i might be on to something, i may have also extended the length of the book, i was hoping to get at least 350 maybe 400 pages, and was unsure i could, but after todays writing session i think i can reach that length.
Today i write brief bios of my villains, and as my hero is looking for something, i made the something hard to find. Sounds simple i know but you have no idea just how hard it’ll be. :D
[12th Oct 2010]
More profiles done over the last few days, getting closer to what i’m looking for. But so far i’ve done all the easy profiles, the next three are where the story and plot is going to get defined, So i have to take it slow. I might even write it out a few times, to make sure i’m happy with it before i’m ready to even start on chapter one. Also i decided to make it far more complex then before, thats kinda what writing these profiles has been about, what might seem like unnecessary back ground information on some characters will be useful later on, motives of why some characters are doing what they are doing.
Oh and i wanted to share this as well. It might be a tad premature but i designed a cover for the book. Actually i designed 5 covers, but i really like this one. So here you go.
[11th Oct 2010]
So this week i’ve been getting under the skin of a few characters. There are three characters that have a past, of course this all takes place before the book begins, but its good work in order to know my characters, plus, i plan on making this a trilogy and the character dynamic works for the second book and plays a big part in the third (Assuming of course i actually get it done) So i wrote three character bio’s and before i even started i wasn’t even sure that one of these characters even existed at all, in writing the bio’s my imagination kinda went crazy, and i wrote one three times, each time getting closer to something that i liked, in the end i just went with it.
First i write it all out with a pen and paper, next i type it all up, and only refer to my notes. Right now i’m happy with what i have, but unfortunately the actual plot and or story hasn’t come up yet, but i should be giving it some serious thought over the next few days.
Also, seeing as the sub-genre has an extensive history and mythology i had to sort out a specific time frame, making sure that everything fell into place chronologically. Which it does. Now. after much pain and misery.
[8th Oct 2010]
The Orion Directive is a spy thriller based and set in the Star Trek universe.
The story is kinda complicated, but i’m thinking i need to make it a little complex.
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