Book-Diva

First Page of my Book...Tell Me What You Think

"The silver stone was cold to the touch.  The unalterable letters inscribed in the marble, a silverly mix of colors, stated his name, the date of his birth and the date of his death.  Almost fifty years he had lived.  Here he remained, under a tree that was close to death when he was buried in February.  Now, the tree bloomed, a symbol of the force that he was in life.

In sharp contrast to the stark coolness of the headstone, I could feel his anger.  Why have you been gone so long?  What has taken you away form your amily?  What have I done wrong?  even now, dead, his spirit intruded on my thoughts and my life.  Everything I sought to tell him; my triumphs, my jokes and my failures, gave away to a swelling of grief."

I'd love any feedback that you may have.

Weekly Progress Report - Still working on the characters

I pretty much have the main idea for the plot.  That took some time in the beginning.  Now, I'm beginning to construct the characters.  Journaling from their perspective seems to be working for me.  It's taking a little longer than I wanted to construct each character, but I'm definitely enjoying exploring each character's life.  How they thing, what drives them.  

In exploring the details of each character, I'm starting to work out the details of the plot and to identify the gaps in the story.  So far, journaling seems to be working.

I've also decided to write the book from a third-person perspective.  Originally, I was focusing on the first person, but I found I was not using the narrator's voice the way I wanted.  It also required me to put that main character in every single major event that I wanted to explore.  In this plot and book structure, I thought the first-person was restricting. 

More to come.