Hey all! Colly here. It's been a while since I've been on YWS but I'm on vacation with my husband and a few of our friends and I've been super busy trying to write, have fun, and interact with people in the real world. Thankfully, we have a rather relaxing day tomorrow so I'm being the night owl I am and spending some time on YWS while I can.
I've been working on Dark Daughter for a little while but I've sort of hit a snag. My main character, Wynter, is a Necromancer. At the beginning of the book, she's still getting ready for her Final Exam where she'll finally be recognized as a full blown Necromancer rather than as a Necromancer In Training. She finds her mentor, a man she's known since she was thirteen, dead in his home the morning of her Final Exam. This is a rather important plot point and her reaction to finding the man who taught her everything she knows is needs to be genuine. I really need my readers to feel the depth of her shock and sorrow at the death but every time I write the scene it seems like she's too calm about it. If you were in her shoes, how would you react if you came to your mentor's house and found him shot to death in his study?
I know it's mainly based off of what kind of personality she has and how she's dealt with this in the past. And I'm totally not asking for you to tell me how she'd react. I just wanted to have a few other perspectives so that I can make sure her reaction is really, truly genuine.
Thank you so much!
Colly
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