Well, I had an awesome weekend! How about you all? I spent Friday and Saturday nights in celebration of wonderful friends who have achieved milestones. Friday was for a friend who graduated nursing school this month and Saturday was for a wonderful friend who turned 40. I met some really great new people, too. Good times, but I tell ya, I'm too old to be roaming the bars at 1:00 AM anymore! lol Interesting, however, to discover the nightlife hasn't changed so much since I was doing it on a regular basis...
Anywhoodle, that is what has kept me from the keyboard this weekend. I am a little upset with myself, but glad I got to participate in some real-world activity. I did spend a great deal of time in thought...
Friday I spent a fair amount of time researching the craft of writing, thinking about the high concept statement, mainly. I have a wonderful friend and critique partner who sends wonderful information on story development, how to PLOT (scary) your story, and developing a high concept statement. Well, that got me thinking...what would my high concept statement be for the current work in progress? This is hard, really. It's a one- or two-sentence description of your entire story. Here's what I came up with:
A priest struggles to recover the stolen souls of innocents, facing a demon he unwittingly helped bring into the world, assassins trying to stop him at every turn, his absent god, elves that see and talk to spirits, and a half-drunken dwarf, all while battling with his flagging faith and love that is forbidden.
It's not the best and I'm sure it'll change through the course of the project, but you get the point. It has also already changed the course of my story. I had thought orginally that souls would have to be given up willingly, but I've decided they can be stolen. I've also changed my mind about how the story begins. So, even though I didn't spend the weekend with fingers to keyboard, it was still productive!
I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend as well and now we can look forward to the long weekend ahead! :P
So happy to see you getting back into the game again, dear! Can't wait to delve into your fantasy world and hang out again with our favorite obsessive-compulsive priest. :) Glad we got to work on the HC today, too! Great fun!
ReplyDeleteI can never thank you enough for all the support and help you give, Nik! And I can't wait for that obsessive-compulsive priest to get on his way toward adventure! LOL :) Thanks again, for everything. Oh, I still want to brainstorm soon!
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