Camp NaNo July 24: can you keep a secret?

Spoiler

And the person is confirmed dead, but there is no body? ...could that be the twist in this chapter :eyes:

Wellll... it's more like the reader realises that a certain character was dead all along, and it becomes clear that the body hasn't been found yet. Making your theory basically the aftermath of the twist. It makes more sense in context XD

And I'll definitely keep in mind to reach out when I need some flower-meanings expertise Thanks for popping by @Isbah

Progress:
Finished the cemetery chapter and I might just call it "White Chrysanthemums". The novel goes from past to present and vice versa, and this chapter is in the present. It comes right after a chapter in the past that reveals the twist, so finished the draft of that chapter as well. Those two down, more to go!

Here's a random description line

My boots stepped on the fallen leaves of the oak tree near the entrance of the cemetery. The sources of its greatness lay six feet underground, rotting.

oh god, that sounds a bit dark. don’t worry, it's just a cemetery XD

Progress: Didn't get much done today, but I began writing another chapter in the Earth's perspective. I'm still debating whether his death should be a twist or not. I think, I think, maybe not? It might be a bit too much, and it might fit better if it isn't a twist, but that's still to be determined.
If (for some reason) it does ends up being a plot twist, just pretend you never read this ;]

Progress: Chapter in Earth's perspective is finished. I also did some more storyline drafting today again to see how the red herrings will fit.

Excerpt:

I just put the kettle on, though there won’t be any guests.

Progress: Found an 'act structure' template today that divides the plot into three acts, and it made everything much clearer and, well, structured. XD
Also did some character development today, mostly developing the motives of the main characters.

Progress: Today I worked on the three-act structure of my novel; rearranging the twists, structuring (most of) the events and questioning everything from the story to the existence of the characters themselves.

I just put the kettle on, though there won’t be any guests.

But... are there actually guests???

questioning everything from the story to the existence of the characters themselves.

BIG MOOD.

@Snoink Except for the old landlady and her cat who might drop by now and then... no XD It's meant quite literally, there's a kettle but just no guests, though both are also used as metaphors for something else. Earth lives a lonely, quiet life, so there are rarely any guests.


No writing, no plotting, just the brain doing some braining...

Progress: So. I have three parts; beginning, middle, end. I have the actual actual actual ending worked out (storyline), I know what the climax is supposed to be like and the 'beginning of the end' as well.

The very beginning is supposed to be about 800 words and I've got that already, so the draft of that is done? Building towards the middle, I've got that figured out, qua storyline. The middle is sort of not done yet? Although I do know what needs to go in there.

And I've never really worked with word counts, so as not to add more pressure to the whole writing process, but. It might actually have the opposite effect, like looking forward to reaching a goal. Though the usual word count for a thriller is around 80,000 words o.o ...
I guess.. we'll see.

Progress: Didn't do much writing today (apart from structuring a few chapters), just spent an enormous amount of time working on a coverrr

i suppose it's been a while XD I've done a few teeny tiny things (like mindlessly scrolling through the draft and perfecting a sentence...)


Progress: I have these two complex characters who are simple people, but very complex, in a way. So a bit more character development yesterday, while I was also busy writing a scene that will probably come much later in the novel.

Amazing work!!! I love the updates you've given, even if you haven't gotten around to a lot yet. It all looks amazing!!!

The simple but complex characters sound very interesting!!

It’s truly been a good, long July I've been working on the Nimloth project (collab with Nadya) as well as this project. I haven't done much in the last few days and unfortunately haven't achieved all my goals. Howeverrr, I have made some progress and achieved most of them.

So far, I’ve written different chapters/snippets that come at different points in the novel, something that I’ve really enjoyed doing this July and some time before that. If you don’t count the little notes/ four different ways of writing a sentence or paragraph to avoid spilling a twist/some more additional notes, then the word count should be around 14-15k words. There is still so much to write, so the word count has become my supportive deadline buddy.

I’ve also spent more time on storyline drafting this month and also on character development, which really should’ve been a goal because it helped with the overall writing process.

Since it's technically still July....XD Today, I’ll either do some more character development or spend some more time with my favourite companions on board.. the good, mischievous plot twistsss Or maybe I’ll even write. because i’ve still got a long, long way to go.

Aaand now, *pops confetti* *hands out cake* a big shout out to everyone with their own amazing ideas and projects!! And thanks a bunch to all of you who took the time to visit my thread and leave a comment :]

@Spearmint @Carlito @Snoink @redcarnation @EllieMae @NadyaStatham

Woahhh, 14-15k is quite a lot of words! Storyline drafting and character development are also super helpful things to plan :> And plot twists are epic ;D Wonderful work this month, Roxanne!! *munches on cake* *adds ice cream to the party*