So you know how a couple of weeks ago when I first started thinking about the new book I said this story was really small? One character.* One drama. One POV. You remember when I said that? Turns out, I was wrong.
Because there was a second character.** He’s always been there. Always been important. He’s the catalyst. The inciting spark of the whole thing. But the more I figure out about who he is, about where he’s come from, why he’s here and what he wants… it’s starting to look like this is his story.***
I don’t know. Maybe it’s just because I’m thinking about him right now. I woke up with my original main character fairly well realised in my head so I haven’t needed to spend much time considering who he is. Instead, I’ve been focused on the spark to his fire. But I’m really starting to think Zeke’s not a spark, he’s a firebrand all his own.
* Alt.
** Zeke
*** Maybe it’s his story told from the perspective of my original main character but…
Kandace Mavrick
Paul McLaughlan
Minkie
31/10/2013
Being a Catalyst is Great and all. Holding someone’s cloak while they storm the gates of hell is a worthwhile thing. But after a while it starts to grate. When does Zeke get to be the protagonist?
Kandace Mavrick
31/10/2013
Well that’s the thing. I’m starting to think Zeke is the protagonist. Or at the very least it’s a shared two-person dance. Right now Zeke has six plotlines dancing around him and Alt has two. Alt is about to get swept up in Zeke’s drama rather than being the hero of his own play. It’s interesting.