As of right now, I am one chapter away from being halfway through my latest WIP. This is something of a milestone. I can remember way back in November when I was panicking about how to go about writing this particular story and now I'm sort of breezing through - though I am wary of saying 'breezing through' because I've been on Christmas break which has allowed me loads of free time to write. Now that classes are back on and (gulp) essay deadlines are once again looming over my head, I may not be as quick finishing this as I could be. Which is fine.
I really do enjoy writing this WIP. It's got everything: advanced technology, people of colour, strong female characters, strong male characters, characters who are gay, characters who die, secret organisations, a corrupt government, underground housing, bombing, trained assassins, aliens (or close enough), science experiments gone wrong, premonitions and swearing.
You won't believe how long it took me to find links on TV Tropes for those (and maybe you noticed, but I couldn't even find links for all of them). It was difficult to find some that applied to my story - which, on the one hand is pretty promising. That means my story isn't filled with over-used clichés and might just have enough of a jumble to be something close to 'original'. Terri is a happy bunny.
*waits patiently to be picked for beta reading*
ReplyDeleteWhy are you waiting? You're head of the beta reading team! Meet in my office 9am Monday and we shall discuss.
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