I'm starting to crank out material for my novel for National Novel Writing Month. I'm posting the first draft on my blog for you guys to read as I write, so far I've got the first 6 "chapters" of the exposition up. Been trying to get some major assignments done at the same time so I'm having to juggle priorities. Anyway, here's the links:
Chapter 1: Voyager
[COMPLETE]
The tempest stirs, the city trembles, a man dies of unnatural causes.
In the Valley of the Tempest 1: 1-3
In the Valley of the Tempest 1: 4-6
In the Valley of the Tempest 1: 7-9
In the Valley of the Tempest 1: 10
Chapter 2: Treefingers
[COMPLETE]
Something's in the water. Something bloated and fetid and floating. In amongst the long weeds and foamscum, it floats by.
In the Valley of the Tempest 2: 1-3
In the Valley of the Tempest 2: 4-6
In the Valley of the Tempest 2: 7-9
In the Valley of the Tempest 2: 10
Chapter 3: Oil and Water
[COMPLETE]
Taste it. Drink in the purity and wallow in the truth that you'll never taste pure again. No one ever will, because of your fingerprints, of your dry lips, of your tarnished existence.
In the Valley of the Tempest 3: 1-3
In the Valley of the Tempest 3: 4-6
In the Valley of the Tempest 3: 7-10
Chapter 4: The Cold Acre
[COMPLETE]
Winters come and winters go. You can tell by the freezing and thawing of your hands. But when the winters last forever, that's when you come to know nothing at all.
In the Valley of the Tempest 4: 1-3
In the Valley of the Tempest 4: 4-6
In the Valley of the Tempest 4: 7-9
In the Valley of the Tempest 4: 10
Chapter 5: Butterflies and Hurricanes
[COMPLETE]
The tempest stirs, the city trembles, and they all fall down. A war is coming, and they ask you this one question; are you in or are you out?
In the Valley of the Tempest 5: 1-3
In the Valley of the Tempest 5: 4-6
In the Valley of the Tempest 5: 7-10
Chapter 6: No Path To Follow
[COMPLETED]
There is the place that shouldn't be, yet there it is regardless. There are the people that shake the world, there, in the place that shouldn't be.
In the Valley of the Tempest 6: 1-3
In the Valley of the Tempest 6: 4-6
In the Valley of the Tempest 6: 7-9
In the Valley of the Tempest 6: 10
Chapter 7: Battle Royale
[COMPLETED]
Some ships carry passengers from place to place. Some ships explore to the furthest regions of this world. Some ships just drop bombs.
In the Valley of the Tempest 7: 1-3
In the Valley of the Tempest 7: 4-6
In the Valley of the Tempest 7: 7-10
Chapter 8: The Tempest
[COMPLETED]
The Tempest stirs. The city trembles. No backing out. Success and failure both lie on the brink of tomorrow.
In the Valley of the Tempest 8: 1-3
In the Valley of the Tempest 8: 4-6
In the Valley of the Tempest 8: 7-10
Chapter 9: Rising Up From the Ashes
[COMPLETED]
The Tempest stirs, the city trembles; no more.
In the Valley of the Tempest 9: 1-5
In the Valley of the Tempest 9: 6-10
Enjoy!
WORD COUNT: 48,819
[note] I'll update the links as I post the material.
[*note] For those of you interested, the chapters are all named after song titles. It was an idea that came to me today, and I think they're much better, and more poetic than my previous titles. And they're also a bit more ambiguous as far as plots go.
tigerkitty
I imagine, since this is a first draft that you'll be back to the editing blackboard after you get it all done. Be wary of changing tenses, I know that it's neat stylistically, but it can be confusing. I haven't gotten through it all, but it's an interesting piece of work, well done :)
WritersBlock
Yeah, I'll be editing through it the months after I finish. Then I hope to send it off to publishing companies to look through. If my edits are any good.