Herc-o-meter: The Hesperides

[cathschaffstump]

The end of the first draft is in sight, which means that the first draft may well not be the 55K I envisioned. There’s a lot to add in and sharpen so we’ll see what the word count is finally. I expect there will be some whacking also. Right now we’re looking at a usual first draft. Ain’t no one seein’ this baby until we make it fit for human consumption. But it’s coming along. There’s been some draft magic. For example, Nonna stopped being Bryon’s grandma and turned into my junior high librarian. Bianca is a much more likeable character than I envisioned. And I still think Duane Johnson is my best choice for Leo.

Paul, you’ll be interested to know that an incarnation of Georgie Porgie’s, complete with car show, seems to have worked its way into the book as well.

Word count!

36,184 / 55,000 (65.8%)

That’s from yesterday, so I still have to get on today’s.

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Trivia. The bad centaur is Chiron. Does anyone know what other thing Chiron does that is important in the Hercules myth?

I’ll try to post a snippet next time, if anything snippet worthy presents itself. I have to say it’s both good and bad to have the splint off. Good for typing. Bad for, well, anything that involves bending your elbow or rotating your arm. Overall, I think an improvement.

Gotta write.

Catherine

Originally published at Writer Tamago. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[kizmet-42.livejournal.com]

You remember your junior high librarin?

I don't even remember junior high. (Enough to say "bless God" for that, but details? Nope.)

[cathschaffstump.livejournal.com]

I do remember her. She was very important to me and how I turned out.

Unfortunately, she passed away a few years ago.

Catherine

[kizmet-42.livejournal.com]

Then to honor her in your story is a gift to her.

Looking forward to seeing this. Will you post it on Originalfiction?

[cathschaffstump.livejournal.com]

I hadn't planned on it, but I would be happy to send it to you to read if you're interested. Just let me know.

Catherine

[mochimonkey.livejournal.com]

Ok, I'm confused. I thought Chiron was the good centaur who was the friend of Hercules? And then got hit by one of the poisoned arrows, but couldn't die, but then exchanged immortality with Prometheus for fire.

[cathschaffstump.livejournal.com]

I've corrected above, thanks to you.

Chiron gets more attention in various versions of the story. He was wounded by one of Hercules's poisoned arrows, and trades his immortality with Prometheus so he doesn't have to live with the pain.

There is one more Centaur in the equation. I've asked that question above.

Thanks for keeping me on track.

Catherine