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Just a little something from the upcoming Buggy story...
WIP Wednesday
The footsteps approach and you hear the patient scream before they were cut off. You heard a gurgle then a thud. Your eyes watered and your hands shook. The footsteps entered the room and just when the hand grabbed at the door you struck. You kicked the door knocking the person back and you clutched the knife. You plunged it deep into the person's skull and kept stabbing. They were obviously dead but you kept stabbing over and over.
Was it anger, fear, or both? You only stopped til their face was completely unrecognizable. Your hands were covered in blood and your face had some splatters as well. You let out a scream of horror. You couldn't believe you killed someone. You looked at your bloody hands still holding the knife. Your mind raced and you could hardly focus.
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The hands seize you and hold your arm behind your back. You grunt and drop to your knees. He towers over you and grins. "I think I'll take you" he says and his hands carry you alongside him. Your heads spins and your breathing becomes erratic. "No please" you mutter before passing out.
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That's when the door opens and the clown who took you is standing there. "Hello my dear!-" he shouted with a grin but stopped once he noticed you were crying. He paused and frowned seeing your broken form. "Well that's no good your supposed to be happy when I arrive" he tsks and walks over to you "Now tell me dead what's got you crying?" He asks with fake sympathy.
Anyways that's all I will share but don't be disappointed it will be posted reallll soon ;)
Happy Storyteller Saturday!
When you finish a first draft, how does it look? Is it readable or does it have more holes than a swiss cheese? What are your next steps, and how much changes?
(If you haven't finished one yet, what do you think how it'll look when you get there?)
Happy Storyteller... Sunday? (:
(Sorry for the late answer!)
Usually, my first drafts are very messy but readable. I may skip a few scenes, or add quick notes instead - what I know the characters need to do, or what I don't know they are going to do, so that I can figure it out later. After finishing a draft I usually take the time to try and write in some of those skipped scenes, do a bit of editing to polish off the writing for the second draft, think of what went "wrong" or what I really enjoyed about certain scenes, or just like, erase whole chunks of the story that don't work anymore and think about what scenes could take their place, that sort of thing!
Then, depending on how I feel about the final version of this first draft, I may set it aside for a while and start some other WIPs (a hiatus, so to speak, to let the ideas for the next draft rest and develop, so that I can come back to it some months later with a fresh mind. For example, my WIP The Last Wrath is in that kind of hiatus rn!), or - if I'm really, really full of ideas and excited to write this next draft - I just move onto the second draft. (:
First drafts are always rough.
Let’s hope this one isn’t as bad as the others.
You forgot where we were, But we’re still on that page
You’ve bandaged your wounds, But our scars still remain
You tried to move on and you even forgave. We’ll stay here forever and relive the pain
You bury the hatchet, WE’LL DIG UP THE GRAVE