Love Your Novel Writing Challenge - Week 4 - Conclusion

This is the last week of responses for the Love Your Novel writing challenge. I've had a lot of fun with it and am still working hard to keep going with my second novel. Read on to see my responses...

Love Your Novel Writing Challenge - Week 4 Responses

This last round of responses might have been the most challenging yet. Editing 5000 words of my novel means tackling about 3.5 - 4 chapters. Choosing a particular author and novel which inspires me is hard on any given day.
The most confusing of all was the prompt about 'tense'. I'm not sure how this helps me with my current WIP, though it may have been a bigger help to others. That was my least favorite prompt.
Certainly, the most helpful ones were the 5000 word edit prompt and the ones which focused on characters since I think my work might be more character driven than plot driven. Does anyone else find analyzing your own work to be quite the daunting task?
Since I had to put these out of order because of the photo shapes, I'll relist here /in order/ and also provide links for the last photo so you can also check out these interesting WsIP from some hardworking authors.

• Day 22 - Tense of Novel - Past Tense
• Day 23 - Name a published author & their novel that inspired you. I went with Tolkien and The Hobbit because I feel this one most closely resembles what I'm trying to do with the Children of Y'Dahnndrya series.
• Day 24 - Give us six words describing a side character. I chose Guardian Zim Haya Ne because I hardly ever talk about her and I absolutely /love/ her name. It just rolled off my tongue one day while I was writing book one...in which she does not appear. And at first, I sort of thought of her as a man. I think she's much better as a woman, though.
• Day 25 - Write a tagline for your book. I shared my tagline early so I shared a favorite quote I rediscovered while prepping day 24's description of Zim Haya Ne. I'll share more of the snippet below so you can see the context a little better. I think it still needs refining, though.
• Day 26 - Name a novel that this challenge has interested you in reading. There are more than one. And really, there are more than three I'd like to try reading. But I stopped with the three that seem most interesting to me.

1. "Reflections: Ravens of Darkness" by Elle Preston.
2. "The White Thief" by G. William Netherby
3. "Morphogenesis" by Miriam Glass
   

• Day 27 - Write 500 words or read 5000 words of your WIP if it's already done. I ended up having to read through five chapters, rather than three as I first thought, in order to meet the 5000 word goal. In the end, I read 7000+ so I think that's pretty good for a day's work.
• Day 28 - What's your final word count or page count? I chose to share both. Final Word Count: 68,277; Final Page Count: 317 (word doc). Now I really know I've got lots of work to do. I should be somewhere around 500 pages printed out for the type of novel I'm writing. But it's getting there.

I hope you've enjoyed my posts for this writing challenge. Join me next Friday for the next challenge review. And now for the promised snippet.

     Tor growled low in his throat. “Don’t lump us all together. Tanderali traditions run deep. And ever since the Sekot Mundei gained a foothold in our clan, people who show any kind of deviation from the perceived norms started disappearing. Besides,” he continued, “Zec and I are moving on in a few dawnings. You know how the Divini’I are about gifts of Andurdrao. Any babes born showing any kind of abnormalities, from physical deformities to strange abilities, are seen as a threat. They’re either abandoned, murdered outright, or offered up as sacrifices. I must get him to Bal Shif for proper training before anyone can gain proof of his gift.” He sighed and hung his head. “The Guild is too busy seeing to the normal running of things. I doubt they see the truth of what’s going on before it’s too late to do anything about it.”
     The Guardian snorted and threw her hands up in disgust. “Make them see! Are you not part of that illustrious council?” She interrupted Tor’s negative retort by jabbing a finger at him. “You are a Master Carver. You are a well-known and successful guide. These are positions of honor. Why not use them to turn their hearts back to the true Creator’s ways?”
     “You don’t understand, Guardian. I cannot. But for these younglings under my protection, I would. If it was only my life in the balance, I wouldn’t hesitate.”
     She nodded slowly. “I see. But there is one thing you misunderstand, Tor. There is no revolution in which only one life hangs in the balance.”

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In spite of my efforts to the contrary, I'm severely behind on my writing schedule. As such, I'll be dropping back to posting twice a week. I've decided to keep posting my Wednesday book reviews, since I'm enjoying all the reading I'm getting done and I want to help spread the word about good books. Fridays will be dedicated to writing challenges, either IG inspired or simple challenges I'm facing every day. I may post on some Mondays but those will be random until summer when I may have more time and my newest book will be needing more promotion. One exception will be this coming Monday.
I have a surprise to share. My ebook cover is put together! I'm super excited that it's done. At least, I think it is done. It would be nice to have some other opinions. Then perhaps I could share it to the world with confidence. :)