Outlining A Tale of Two Weres

Outline for A Tale of Two Weres

The above is a picture of my outline. Already you will notice some changes between zero to 1k words. I started writing my opening scene with my guys talking about the camping trip. One was so focused on spring break and girls, and the other one was trying to reel him in. So there is some work to be done before that can get off the ground.

I am thinking about showing Glory interacting within the tribe or maybe Giessella. Then going for the ill fated run through the forrest. Or possibly a view of Area 51 as the school and maybe checking out Caleb, our gov’t hunter. I am chomping at the bit to write about this guy for some reason.

Look it over and let me know what you think. Cheers, james

A Tale of Two Were: A Comedy-Part II

So I have been working and plotting on my werewolf comedy. See my first post about it here and here.

I have sucessfully “interviewed” two of my minor characters and gotten a better feel for what my world looks and feels like. I must say Giesella was much more informative than my other character. Although part of it I think, is once the story really gets rolling he fades out. I don’t know for certain and he may crop back up. At this point in the outline he does fade out after the camping trip/doctor visit. I haven’t tried to “interview” one of my three main characters. I am torn between wanting to keep building the background and wanting to jump into the story.

I have mapped about 27k words of my story so far. I am shooting for between 50k and 75k, if I can keep the story going. And by keeping the descriptions pretty simple: Camping trip, last weekend of summer, pick a fight, etc. Enough to say this is what needs to happen, but not so much as to stifle anything that might grow from it. I hope. This is my first time actively trying to plot a story vs jumping in and letting the words pull me along. Thank you Mr. Russell Nohelty for offering suggestions on how you outline and write via your Masterclass.

One of the more interesting aspects of this story is going to be how Glory loses her were-soul and the other guy gains it. So I have been playing around with the were-soul as I have termed it. I see it as either the essence of the animal, neither male or female. Or it is the opposite sex of the host, ie Glory is female therefore her were-soul should be male. I did briefly consider having the were-soul the same as the host and then retain the female when it jumped bodies. That would have given a male werewolf femine instincts. But I decided that would be harder to keep up in the long run.

That is all I have for now. I will post as I progress and get to writing soon. Cheers, james

A Tale of Two Weres: A Comedy

So I have kinda gotten behind a little bit last week. I have some fun news for you. Since I posted about my Werewolf story idea, I got a lot of positive feed back from you guys. Thank you.

So I am trying my hand at writing comedy (no clue) and a werwolf story. Also I have been trying out some new skills, outlining (not as scary as I thought, thank you Russell Nohelty) and getting a firm idea of the story before starting to write the story.

I am currently in the middle of an interview with a young were, as of yet unknown. And one very interesting thing she said was Area 51 isn’t aliens, but werefolk. It is a were/gov’t school and training facility. I am interested in finding out what they learn at “school”.

So we have covered some ground, but there is still quite a bit to go. She is a Team Jacob fan and vampires don’t exist in her world. And there are more weres than ice cream flavors at Baskin & Robbins.

I am still on the hunt for names and keeping a random name sheet. So far the most interesting name I like is Colwym, a river in Northern Wales.

Cheers and happy writing, james

Broken Writer?

Guys I think my inner writer is broken. I set up this perfectly good outline for a new story, was excited about it and then it died. I have yet to write a single word beyond the outline.

I just read over it before writing this post and it seems sturdy enough to build off of. Yet there must be something wrong with it cause I have no desire to put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard as the case may be.

Is my inner writer broken? Is there something wrong with me? I have been writing and I haven’t managed once to put “The End” on any of my projects. Even my blog here lately has been mostly quotes with maybe my thoughts written around it. I haven’t had the energy or the moxie to write anything. My journal hasn’t been written in much either.

I’ m starting to worry if maybe my writing days are over before I feel they really even had a chance. Or maybe my inner writer bugged out cause she was sick of me not writing. I try to keep these posts upbeat and inspire both myself and you guys. Just today isn’t an upbeat cheery writing day.

james

I am attaching a copy of my outline. Maybe a fresh set of eyes will help. Also I have never tried the whole google docs sharing thing.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j3g4sG5sihsspAFMLLzD8FjVtGhpiPZ6JqIT9jabNls/edit?usp=drivesdk