Another story...I'm bad, I know. But this story is not bad, for it is going so well. I have not been stuck on it at all, and I am 3/4 of the way done. Here is the summary, and that's all I'm going to say for the moment until it is done...although I will say that it needs a title, which is always my shortcoming.
Nottingham, England, 1173
Fourteen-year-old Adele is lonely. Her widowed mother died two years ago, and she lives with an old carpenter, Master Grey, and his loathsome apprentice, Basil. When she meets the at-first-unsociable Gawain, Adele has found a friend. And what’s more, a refuge. When Basil kicks Adele out, she has a place to run to - Sherwood Forest. For Gawain is part of Robin Hood’s band of outlaws, who all welcome Adele. But then Gawain notices a strange similarity between Adele and one of the men in the band, and Adele learns a unexpected secret about her mother…and her life will never be the same again.
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
Cecily Trilby Birche & Title Problems
For quite a few months, I've been working on this story about a recently orphaned 17-year-old girl named Cecily Trilby Birche, who must move into a small flat in Detroit, 1906 and take care of her baby sister Eliza while getting by on very little funds. She has been searching for a job as her rent is getting close to being due and there is not enough money. A while after finding happily situated employment, Cecily embarks on a search for her estranged paternal grandparents, helped along by devoted friend Grace and persistent suitor Donovan.
Well, I was going splendidly, but on page 17, over a month ago, I got STUCK. Finally, last night, I thought of something, and voila! I am unstuck, mostly. I have only just began the though of the search for her grandparents, and I hope it will go okay from now on.
I have been writing it in first person, which I don't think I have ever done before. It gives me a new way of writing, but sometimes it is a bit tricky. I like it for the most part, though.
I do have to go through it and add more about Cecily's grief for her parents and 2 other siblings, which is hard to do without making it cheesy!
My one dilemma is a title. It always is. I can not think of a single thing to call it, which is most vexing. Any hints?
Well, I was going splendidly, but on page 17, over a month ago, I got STUCK. Finally, last night, I thought of something, and voila! I am unstuck, mostly. I have only just began the though of the search for her grandparents, and I hope it will go okay from now on.
I have been writing it in first person, which I don't think I have ever done before. It gives me a new way of writing, but sometimes it is a bit tricky. I like it for the most part, though.
I do have to go through it and add more about Cecily's grief for her parents and 2 other siblings, which is hard to do without making it cheesy!
My one dilemma is a title. It always is. I can not think of a single thing to call it, which is most vexing. Any hints?
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