the snowflake project

I’ve added a plot summary from Aryenne’s point of view – you can find it on her character page.

I’m finding this exercise to be instrumental in developing the edges of the story. Kos’s journey as a hero is fairly straightforward – if I had started writing with only his story in mind, I’m sure the result wouldn’t be as rich as I can now see it becoming. Writing out these character POVs has really made me eager to start actually writing the novel itself – but there are three more steps to go (I’m going to skip step 9 – if I start providing too much detail before actually writing, I may not be as eager to tell the story afterward).

As I write this post, I’m already 1/3 of the way through step 6, which I’m finding is more or less directing itself as I write it.

I’ve just added the first female character profile – she’s caught in a love triangle between Kos and Achi.

Head over to the Characters page, or visit her dedicated page to read her summary.

I have one more secondary character I want to write up before moving to step 4 – and he’s male. I’ll admit that troubles me slightly. I don’t want my novel to lack a reasonable number of strong female characters – but I’ve only thought up one. I’m sure there will be plenty of opportunities to add female characters to the story without making them into love interests for the males.

The easiest way would be to do what Frank Herbert and Robert Jordan did and create a powerful, all-female society or organization whose power runs through the entire world. I don’t necessarily want to do that – as it seems just a little be cliché. However, if it really does fit, I will. We’ll see how it goes!