I wish I had more happy news to report on this front. I'm still not done with the first draft. I'm on the second to last chapter... but I'm having trouble coming up with a really good climax. As it stands right now, I'm afraid the novel will end up with a rather mediocre ending. I know I need to get it finished, just because it would be good to finish it....ScotchRobbins wrote:Almost forgot! How's your novel coming along?
On the other hand, I'm already formulating an idea about what to write next November. One thing I think I need to do before November, though, is design my characters. I think it will help if I have my characters' personalities firmly set before I start throwing things at them. I'm afraid that my last two novels - possibly three - may have rather weak protagonists, and that's not really something I want to do. I'm looking at other stories, and it seems that the most popular protagonists tend to have quirks and flaws that tend to make them well=liked. I think I need to get into that sort of mindset and design similarly flawed, yet likable, characters.