Day 6: 1,000 words

Extract:

“Did the warriors cause much trouble?” Hemming asked him when he entered.

Kjalsi was looking at the statue of Honir in the centre of the room, on its wooden pedestal. “Oh no, they were quiet,” he said without turning around. “They were all Honir-worshippers, so they understood the need for silence. Are you ready to begin your lesson?”

“Yes,” Hemming said, but then continued. “So I’m to marry Thistle and go to Icelvik?”

“No, you’re not going to Icelvik. Broder managed to negotiate you out of that part of the deal while you were… in the woods.”

“Why did he do that?”

“He seems to want to keep you around, for some reason.” Kjalsi smiled to show that he was joking, then sighed. “If you’re fucking her anyway, why not just go through with it and get it done with?”

“I’ve already said that I’m going to go through with it, and I’m not fucking her, Kjalsi.”

“I know you, Hemming. You’ve probably already got three different ways you’re going to weasel out of this and you’re just deciding which one is best. And oh? So you just run off into the woods together for hours to hunt elk, is that it?”

“Actually, we just talked.”

Kjalsi shook his head. “You two are more mysterious than the gods, truly. Come on, take a seat, let’s get started.”

Feeling very much back on track after having a day off, but today was almost equally as busy, and I would have ideally written more, but oh well.

I've been reading about the monomyth recently, or the 'hero's journey' structure, and I was very surprised to see just how closely my story matched it!

I have the coming-of-age character who has to leave his comfort zone; I have the mentor; I have the 'catalyst' character.

I am debating whether or not I should measure up my plot against the rest of the monomyth structure so that I know my story can't stray too far from a traditional structure.

Either way, interesting coincidence!

Today's writing wasn't very exciting; a winding-down scene that came after a tension-building scene. I liked how it revealed more about the characters' relationships, though.