84,726 words.
And that's the PLOT written.
Now I go back to the very start and write the STORY. The story is different from the plot. The plot is everything that has to happen at certain points— the plot is the writer inflicting his will on the book. The story, however, is how we get to the plot. The story is what drives the characters forward. The story is what captivates US, the reader.
Naturally, there's a whole heap of overlap between the two. A lot of the time, plot is story and story is plot. But not ALL the time. And for this one, the war book, I needed to get the plot hammered into shape before I start to lather on the story.
Now I get to spend time with Val and her family. Now I get to write about Scapegrace and Thrasher. Now I get to have fun and make jokes.
If there's one thing I don't want, is to have a less-funny Skulduggery book. I like it when they're funny. The danger, as Val gets older and the books get darker, is that they lose their humour. I haven't read the first few books in a while, but I'd imagine there are a lot more jokes per page in the early ones than the later ones. I expected this, but there is still a certain ratio I have to keep. Even though you Minions respond to the emotional beats of these stories as they get more mature, no one is really wishing for a joke-free book, are they? Where's the fun in that? So now I go back and make sure that no matter how grim things get (and they DO get grim) or how dire the situation becomes (and it DOES become dire), we have enough jokes and laughing-in-the-face-of-death to see us through the darkness and out the other side.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
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Oh God.
Miss, I walked around my friend's house like that, and then when her mum offered me something to eat she didn't look up until Emily told her to, and her mum literally jumped.
She wasn't surprised though - just scared.
Bre Laws, you are my sister. We are idiots. Who takes pedo selfies of themselves then puts them on the internet? OBVIOUSLY, us!
(Stupid photos...)
http://www.qwiki.com/v/cKUjxWpQ#
Val's awesome damn cake! AWESOME!
Mr. Todd, thank you for putting up with me during my idiotic giggling through meditation! You're the best English teacher in the world!!! I LOVE YOU!
*Really hopes Mr. Todd does NOT see that...*
My right foot. What would I do without you? Hop.
My skull sharpener who I named Vixener... I was bored... So what?
My pencil case, WHY DO YOU HATE ME??!!
Bloglandians. You guys are awesome. What would I do without you?
*Has the urge to write 'hop' again*
Raspberry Drops fro Soverign Hill... They. Are. To. Die. For.
And...
Ian Heartbreak. I'm killing myself for you, my love. I am going to jump off a blinking cliff for you... Even though you broke up with me... I guess it's because we are engaged... Maybe? Or maybe because I'm in love with my own character?
(Is sad, I know)
Val...
*Is EXTRAORDINARILY worried*
Oh, and I like my right foot... It's always freezing cold...
There are only tree comments on here that aren't mine... Strange...
...My room is being invaded my moths.
*by
Having a shower then going Animal Farm homework! BYE!!!
BYE DEATH!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WE'RE GOING ON A BIKERIDE AROUND OUR VILLAGE TODAY!!!!!!!!!! *sobs*
*starts thinking of strategy plans to help me survive*
Don't try and do it real fast up the hills to keep up. Crawl along if you have to.
Don't be afraid to switch down gears.
When you approach the hill, use momentum to help you up the first bit.
If them others start pullong ahead, yell at them to stop before they get too far away.
*nods*
HI STAR!!
Have fun. XD
And now my wrists are out to get me . . .
And it's the last day of the holidays . . .
Today appears to be a bad day. :/
Brb.
HI CAIN!!!!!!!
I won't do. *grumbles*
NOW brb . . .
OK, Star!
I wish I could
Change the ways
Of the world
Make it a nice place
Until that day
I guess we stay
Doin' what we do
Screwin' who we screw
*da dah da da*
Back!
WB Star!
Wbd, drawing. :)
I should be drawing. :P
*picks up book* Wbd, reading. :)
Yay!!
I finished the drawing. :D
Now, for another drawing that I must finish.
YAYNESS! :)
Wot you drawin'?
First I was drawing someone with a lot of fire, and I was going to start drawing something else, but I have to think of an endangered animal to study by tomorrow.
*nods* :(
*tries to think of endangered animals . . . *
TIGER?
Tiger is one...
BOOOOOO!
HI MARA!
XD
I'm eeeeeevil. *cackles* My MC chapters are gonna get waaay worse for MaraTC... MWAHAHAHAHA!
Hi Missy!! *hugs* :)
Hi Stararararar!! *hugs* :)
Msd & wbd. *nods*
Working on MC :)
Dammit this chapter is hard to write '-'
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Saiga.jpg
That's one hell of a strange creature...
Morning everyone!
HULLO EM!!
Missy - What is it? It certainly is strange...
Morning Em! :) *hugs*
It's called a Saiga.
And it's definitely weird... O_o
It looks like a deformed goat... No? O.o
*laughs*
A deformed goat is one way to describe it.
*nods* it is weird!
Hi all!! How is everyone?
And Miss C what about a Red Panda! there AWESOME and I think there endured!!!!
HI MISTICAL!
Lemme check if their endangered...
OOOH. PRZEWALSKI'S HORSE IS ONE I COULD DO...
Hi Misty! :) *hugs*
I'm still in bed, at my dad's, staring at the one Harry poster I have here, wishing I was at my mum's so I could have my other posters (all 30, of course :3) , but also happy that I'm here...
Uhm, yeah.
Wait...
What?
*is confuzzled for no real reason*
The Red Panda is considered Vulnerable, so I'm not sure if I could do that one.
Isn't the snow leopard endangered?
*gets hugged. hugs back*
Oh and Panda means bamboo eater.
Red Pandas where found before black and white pandas
and there translation from some language means Fire Fox, the fire fox symbol is apparently a red panda ... although it looks more like a fox ...
Yeah, it is.
:3 yea I know a bit about red pandas!
only those interesting facts though!
... because there interesting
hold on I think I have a poster ish thing with endangered spices on it ill go look!
I'm just going through the list on Wiki. XD
im back!
Ok Australia's 10 mas endangered species:
Australian Snubfin Dolphin
spot-tailed Quoll
Leather back Turtile
Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby
Gouldian Finch
Carnaby's Black-Cockato
Whale Shark
The Albatross
Bilby
Green and Gold Bell Frog
Note this is from 2008
Hmm...
That's some...
*wonders if I should do the deformed goat...*
Yay the plot is finished I think every book is better than the one before it
that deformed goat dose look weird!
Oh did you know that scientists have genetically engineered goat's that they can milk spider webs from!
HI AISLING!
Hi this is my first time commenting but I've been reading the blog for ages
Hi Aisling! how are you?
*shakes hand*
Well, welcome, Aisling!
I'm Miss Cain. You can call me Miss, Missy, Cain, or any other nickname you can think of. :)
Is there a way to see new comments without commenting
Yeah, you can press F5 or Control and R.
Hi mistical future and miss
Ok thanks
Nice to met you
... wait you've been stalking us!
*takes a couple of steps away*
Il kidding I did the same thing!
*runes forward and gives Aisling a hug*
great to met you!!! :D
No problem. :)
*decides to do Saiga*
This should be interesting when I tell my teacher what animal I'm doing... XD
Hi Aisling! :) I'm Maralie, but you can call me Mara, Lily, Lucky Charms, Charmeleon or any other nickname you wish :)
You can refresh the page to see new comments :)
Is anyone there irish?
Not me.
I'm Aussie. :D
Hi mara thanks
I'm Irish! :)
I'm irish
you can call me any nick name you can think of as well!
... I have weird nick name that you'll never guess!
No problem Aisling! :) Welcome to Blogland! *throws streamers* *hugs*
Should I be worried about this blog post because I think I should be
I'm Aussie!
Yeah you're right I'm useless at guessing things
HULLO GEORGINA!
Hi Georgina! :) *hugs*
Worried? I don't know. :P
Hi Georgina! how are you?
TLH IS SO GOOD ;-;
I'm reading it now. And, omg. Loving Aphrodite.
HULLO L!
...You disappeared before.
I'm a Tipperary girl :) If you don't mind me asking, Aisling, which county are you from? You don't need to answer though :)
ah
hello! goodbye!
I'm late!
I'm late!
I'm late!
sorry I hade to quote!
any way I do actually need to go! I have school tomorrow and to that means I have to go to sleep at a descent time!
Night/day All!!!
Hi Georgina howler and luciana clover scáth
Dublin
Hi Luci! :) *hugs*
I had a weird dream last night...
Me: Can I touch your hair?
Harry Styles: Okay!
*END*
NIGHT MISTICAL!
*laughs*
Oh my Golden God, Mara.
*facepalm*
Bye Misty! *hugs* :(
Dublin is so cool... It's huge! :P And Derek lives there...
Yeah, sorry for disappearing. I was baking a cake XD
CAAAAAAKE!!
*is now hungry for cake*
Missy - Yeah... I didn't even get to touch his hair! *frowns*
And the other day, I had a dream that me and my best friends fell down a black hole... And we reappeared in Nandos! And we ate peri peri chicken with Niall! XD
Cake!
Mara want cake!
Mara dad good at cooking. Seeing as Mara sick, maybe Mara dad bake Mara chocolate cake...? *grins*
...Nandos?
Yep. It's a chicken place. *nods*
I NEED TO EAT THERE BEFORE I DIE. *cries*
New MC chapter, if anyone's interested :)
I love nandos
Oh, I meant it in a '...Really?' way.
I already knew what Nandos was.
I never went... *is sad*
I'm going to Cork for the Derek signing in March... MAYBEEEEE I CAN GOOOOO! *is suddenly excited*
Ohhh.
Yes. Yes Nandos. Niall practically lives there. *grins*
Brb, dinnerrrrrr... *disappears*
Okay Missy! :)
HI PEOPLE!
I survived my bike ride! :)
Aisling is such an awesome name . . .
Msd, csgd. :)
Brb, lunch! :)
Hi I'm back
Thanks star inkbright (ink)
Is anyone there
One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks* by One Direction is out in 4 days... :')
Wbd & msd.
S anyone there
Tat someone's here
THat was meant to say yay someone's here
Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait :D
Mara are you still there?
Hi hellish hollie
Am I the only person here?
It's been 8 minutes since someone else commented so I'm probably the only person here
And now I'm talking to myself
BACK!
There is another person here
Hi I just started commenting today but I've been reading the blog for ages
8 minutes? :)
Have you heard of being distant? It's when you only comment every few minutes. Could be every five minutes, ten minutws, half hour . . .
I was having lunch. *nods*
DUCK CTHLUHU, btw. It's only my sister, however.
Oh nope I'd never heard of that thanks for telling me
BACK!
*noms on ice-cream*
*nods* Nice to meet you. :)
You can call me Star or Ink if you wakt. *shakes hand*
STARRRRRR!!
I believe you survived the bike ride, then. :D
It is too warm for February here it should be raining but instead it's sunnt
I'm here. Sort of. :)
Reading, though, so I'm distant.
Sunny. Hi star
*nods* That's okay. :)
WB CAIN!!!!!! :) *steals ice cream*
*steals back ice-cream*
Mine.
HI SCÁTH!
Sunny here as well. *looks out of window* I'm English, btw.
I DID, CAIN! :)
*points upwards*
Star Inkbright (Ink!) said...
HI PEOPLE!
I survived my bike ride! :)
February 17, 2013 at 12:10 PM
Cool I'm irish
HULLO L!!
YAY FOR SURVIVING BIKE RIDES!
Wbd, getting stuff ready for school tomorrowwww.
*scowls murderously at ice cream*
I'm on my phone, so I'll be making typos att. Making tons now, but noticing and fixing them . . .
I have to go bye
I HAVE SCHOOL TOMORROW. *cries* TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF MY HALF TERM . . .
Irish people are awesome. :) Derek, Eoin Colfer (who wrote Artemis Fowl), Flame (from the blog), Em (from the blog), Eden (from the blog) and of course Mara (from the blog) are all Irish, so that is my proofffffffff. :)
*notices Star scowling at ice-cream*
*eats it a bit quicker*
BYE AISLING!
Irish people are awesome indeed. :)
*nods* FOURS AISLING! :(
Irish people are awesome and I'm going now bye
Thank you Derek, for remembering our feelings. we appreciate it.
ADRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! *tacklehugs*
*squeals*
AAAAAAAAADRAAAAAAA!! *tacklehugs*
I'm back
I'm back
HI AISLING! :)
Wbd, reading.
STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
CCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNnnnn
*tacklehugsboth*
How are you both???
Hi adrasdos dark
Hi Aisling! How are you, as well
Good how are you?
I AM FEMALE
FE = IRON
MALE = MAN
THEREFORE, I AM IRON MAN
*grins*
Back :)
Wbd, Dad's making me go on a walk -_- When I've got the bloody flu. *rolls eyes*
Poor you
Hi Star, Aisling, Adra and Luci :) *hugs*
Aisling - Yeah... I feel meh. :/
Luci - XD I saw that somewhere!
HI AISLING!
HI MARA!
Sorry, had to do some stuuuuff.
Doesn't that mean that there are a lot of iron mans? men ? Or is it just you
Hi
Oh, hi Missy! :) *hugs*
Just finished a chapter on MC.
AND... POSTED
It is really one of the strangest things I've ever written, because Bliss is a potato.
What's MC?
Hey Ember! :)
OH MY GOD I HAVE TO READ XD A potato? Seriously?
Mevolent Collaboration :)
Here's the link: mevolentminions.blogspot.com
But don't go just yet! I want to introduce myself!
Ok
Hiya Malicha!
You will see. Liberty was bowling, so Bliss is a potato.
I'm going to call you Ali, for whatever reason...
Anyway, I am September Seneca "Ember" Silver, reporter, magical doctor, founder of MAHU, self-described philosopher/psychologist, and photographer.
I have an alter ego called Liberty Wit (Elizabeth Wisdom), who is an evil psychopath and a human gist. She's also married to Sult.
HI EMBER!
By the way, i know it says that in my profile, but I actually wasn't thinking about that when I wrote it. That's just how I always introduce myself XD
Oh, also a general Mycroft Holmes/Sherlock enthusiast.
MISS CAIN!!!!
(hugs)
I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU IN DARN AGES
MARAAAAAAAAA! :)
@Scáth: LOL. *laughs*
MC = a lot of things. In this instance, it means the Mevolent Collaberation. http://mevolentminions.blogspot.com/
You see, this is also me.
STAR!!!!!!!!!
Ok hi
MC is also MAHUvian Central.
But 99% of the time, it's Mevolent Collaboration.
Ok
*hugs back*
OH MY GOD, WE HAVEN'T, EMBER! D:
But now we've caught up to each other. :D
Wait what's MAHU
MAHU:
Mycroft Holmes
And
His
Umbrella
It used to be a big thing, but not anymore ;(
It's on my list of blogs, so... ya.
I'm going to go back to my September Seneca Silver account...
Ok thanks
Wait a second
WHERE DID EVERYBODY GO?!
Hey, MC is also Miss Cain's abbreviation. Sorry, not here... Kinda, I don't know...
Hi.
Hiya, Lav! How are you?
Hi lavender hope
Ohhhh yeah.
MC can also mean Mortal Coil.
HI LAV!
HI LAV! HI EMBER! :)
Aloha.
I'm actually here??? My grandparents have wi-fi??? Really??? Apparently they do.
Distant, catching up on the MC, which doesn't stand for mango crumble or (M-L G C), it stands for Mevolent Collaboration. Right now.
Or Mooing Cow!
Missing Coins!
Metal Chain!
... Don't ask...
*changes her mind and decides to say*
I'm not really in a good mood right now... Not as in angry or upset, just... Yeah.
Hi fabi S
HI FABI!!
*sighs*
No one's on Skype, and I need to read, and sleep, so I must be off.
NIGHT ALL!!
But you guys seem to make me feel better. *smiles a bit*
Hi Fabi, Star, Miss, Aisling, and Ember.
Missing coins is a good one.
Hi Lav, Ember, Star, Aisling (hi, I'm Fabi, nice to meet you!)!!!
Sorry to hear that, Lav.
I don't know why I made Bliss a potato. It was kinda the first thing that popped into my very small brain.
Thanks, Lav!
WOOPY!
Thanks, Lav!
WOOPY!
*and Missy!
sdvg
Night, Miss.
*notices the time*
Oh. Five to 11 PM.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
OOOOOOOHHH MMMMMYYYY GOGOOODODODODDD
IUSDGVPUBLDIJSVZLIDJSZI
Oh. Lav, is it the 17th or the 16th for you?
I ALMOST GOT IT, DID YOU SEE THAT? I SWEAR TO GOD
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