Ruminations on the current WIP
Apr. 1st, 2014 05:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
agilebritI've finally unburied the story I'm code-naming "bitten Alex" (although there is no biting involved) to work on again. It's on its third iteration after me sitting here and going "this is way too complicated for a short story" and whacking out character after character.
I whacked Ben out of it after thinking that his only purpose in the story was to get bitten himself to prove how serious the situation was, but after thinking about it for a bit (and being unwilling to kill some darlings), I think he actually serves a higher purpose as well.
Megan, even after everything, is still conflicted about her wolf. She's still not sure, after all is said and done, that she wants to be one.
Ben, on the other hand, embraces his wolf wholeheartedly. He likes being hard to kill; he likes being able to quiet the brain hamster, stop thinking, and just be sometimes.
So I have a nice contrast here, if I can pull it off. They're foils for each other. And it creates another layer of conflict. So I think I'm going back to the second iteration to see if I can make that work.
I whacked Ben out of it after thinking that his only purpose in the story was to get bitten himself to prove how serious the situation was, but after thinking about it for a bit (and being unwilling to kill some darlings), I think he actually serves a higher purpose as well.
Megan, even after everything, is still conflicted about her wolf. She's still not sure, after all is said and done, that she wants to be one.
Ben, on the other hand, embraces his wolf wholeheartedly. He likes being hard to kill; he likes being able to quiet the brain hamster, stop thinking, and just be sometimes.
So I have a nice contrast here, if I can pull it off. They're foils for each other. And it creates another layer of conflict. So I think I'm going back to the second iteration to see if I can make that work.
