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Grrrrr...
12 years ago
I have been trying for 2 months to write a piece of Kandrel's upcoming anthology called 'Dungeon Grind'. Which is due in November. I'm trying to make 11/1 my goal. So far, it's been a bit of a pitched battle in my head.
Take 1, I managed to get 4k words in, and it's got good flow, it's a decent story, and it's got a nice twist coming up... but then it seems to fall apart as my beta readers end up telling me that they really don't identify with the adventurer characters, and love the little kobold who ended up being the story vehicle. After all, this supposed to be a story about Dungeon Dwellers. By the time I'd shoehorned the beginnings of a sex scene in... I was beginning to feel like I was taking the wrong direction.
Take 2. Just barely starting this up, I've established the adventurer characters firmly, and it's solid work... but ends up being completely unusable for this. And once again, I get the feedback of 'More Kobold!'
*Insert sounds of cow bell here*
Welcome to Take 3. I've scrapped the idea of making it dark and broody and let my mind loose into something quite Pratchett-esque and satirical. I'm going to take the life of a kobold and turn it loose on the world.
His name is Tatch.
Tatch lives in a world where more than likely he is going to die from his own stupidity. His life is measured in the events that matter. Like when his village is sacked... or when it has to move because something more dangerous comes along... or even when it's destroyed. For the sake of the anthology, I don't know if I'll post any of this right away, but I am getting the sneaking suspicion that when I do, you'll all enjoy the hell out of it.
Bob willing, I will not end up on a Take 4. *SIGH*
Take 1, I managed to get 4k words in, and it's got good flow, it's a decent story, and it's got a nice twist coming up... but then it seems to fall apart as my beta readers end up telling me that they really don't identify with the adventurer characters, and love the little kobold who ended up being the story vehicle. After all, this supposed to be a story about Dungeon Dwellers. By the time I'd shoehorned the beginnings of a sex scene in... I was beginning to feel like I was taking the wrong direction.
Take 2. Just barely starting this up, I've established the adventurer characters firmly, and it's solid work... but ends up being completely unusable for this. And once again, I get the feedback of 'More Kobold!'
*Insert sounds of cow bell here*
Welcome to Take 3. I've scrapped the idea of making it dark and broody and let my mind loose into something quite Pratchett-esque and satirical. I'm going to take the life of a kobold and turn it loose on the world.
His name is Tatch.
Tatch lives in a world where more than likely he is going to die from his own stupidity. His life is measured in the events that matter. Like when his village is sacked... or when it has to move because something more dangerous comes along... or even when it's destroyed. For the sake of the anthology, I don't know if I'll post any of this right away, but I am getting the sneaking suspicion that when I do, you'll all enjoy the hell out of it.
Bob willing, I will not end up on a Take 4. *SIGH*
