by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Well. Now that I’ve decided to not only shoehorn myself into this first novel, but to murder that character off, I’ve come to the point where I have to figure out how, exactly, I’m going to do it.
I have an idea.
It’s a method that will allow me to remind people of how the little town I’ve come up with is pretty well organized and if they don’t like you, they can get rid of you in a pretty evil way, not leaving any fingerprints. But to pull it off, I’m going have to point out something about the geography of the town so when I knock the character off it won’t be too abrupt or silly.
But drama and comedy are two sides of the same coin, so, I can fix any problems with tone by simply being very aware of the potentially silly nature of my proxy character’s demise.
Overall, things are going really well with this first novel. It is March now, however. If I’m not careful, I’m going to wake up in a year and be exactly where I am now. I have to push forward and get into the second act as quickly as possible.
There continues to be a little part of me that wants to use all of my storytelling ability that I’ve learned over the last few years to write a different novel that is a tight 100,000 words. But, to date, my ego just won’t let me do that. I love these five novels too much.
I know I can write them, I just have to put in the hard work.
