With a nod to Paul Abbamondi and his progress report blog posts (which are inspirational and fascinating), I bring you my first WIP Wednesday of 2010.
Story Title: Opheliac
Draft Two - finished
First draft: 998 words; Second Draft: 1012 words
Days worked on: 6 (unbelievable)
Time spent in brewing stage: about a fortnight
Story Inspiration: Scene in TV adaptation of Dicken's 'The Old Curiosity Shop'.
Genre: Desperately seeking Horror.
First line: Perched on a rusting shopping trolley, three fathoms below the surface, the man in the top hat wound a necklace made from teeth and bone around his knuckles.
Favourite line: On closer inspection, the weapons proved to be umbrellas.
Things googled: What is a fathom? / Opheliac / Oyster Shells / Floating Pearls Dead / Single White Female
Confidence in story: 100% at inception; 59.6% now (it's not as scary as I hoped, if in fact it is scary at all).
I'm taking some time to get off the runway this year but it's only a wee thirteen days breathing, there's still time to conquer the world, or at least my office (which is looking rather chaotic).
17 comments:
Sounds like fun to me. I would read it.
What a killer opening line!
Teeth and bone make wonderful necklaces.
Jamie, it possibly has slices of silliness.
Barry, thanking you.
Aaron, I may request one for my birthday.
I'm sure it's scarier than you think! The longer we work with a story, the less impact the scary parts can have.
I live in hope, though I have a feeling even the easily scared will laugh rather than scream.
That line about the umbrellas is brilliant. I rather like this set-up for progress reports-- the googling thing is particularly fascinating.
I found myself rather found of Paul's progress reporting so I adapted it for me (his is better though).
Your first story of the year sounds like a winner! Congratulations on finishing!
Posts like these always get me all fired up to be productive again.
I love that favourite line of yours :D Makes me very curious about the rest of the story.
i love that first line. I'm sure it's a lot scarier than you think. ;-)
Very nice way to present WIP Wednesday's. Me likey and shall be following suit.
I shall also pop over to Paul's and have a wee gander.
COngrats on finishing the first piece for 2010.
You complain about 6 days. I work on each piece for much closer to a month each. Think yourself lucky.
Doesn't have to be scary to be awesome. Sounds awesome so far.
I LOVE that first line.
Story inspiration always intrigues me, and I've tried to include it on my own blog when my pieces are published. I hope you keep these progress reports up - anything to see more in the mind of the mysterious Miss Cate!
KC, I wish. :D
Cory, me too.
Thanks, Tythia.
BT, I look forward to your post.
Jeremy, intended market wants dark, dark, dark.
Thanks, Danielle.
Me too, Mary.
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