The working title of my first novel is ‘Bentley The Brave: The Silver Mountains’. I always liked three-word titles (The Holcroft Covenant, The Two Towers etc.) so I decided to stick with that for the first book.
In other news, the second novel is at the outline stage. This one’s taking a little longer to outline.
When I began the first novel, I wrote the first nine chapters off-the-cuff, with no plan, no outline, no help of any kind. I simply started writing what came to mind, and stalled at around chapter nine. After I stalled, I gave up for a couple of months, then realized I REALLY enjoyed writing, and didn’t want to leave my novel unfinished. So I went back to the start and wrote an outline to finish what I’d started.
I’m not saying it’s wrong to write without a plan – I’ve read that some pretty big names do precisely that – but it doesn’t work for me, so this time I’m making it easier on myself 🙂
So the rough scene outline involves a wild storm, a crazy seagull, a cranky octopus, a ticklish octopus, a rather large amount of treasure, and a grumpy, sleep-deprived merman. Bentley’s in for an interesting few days 🙂
Watch this space.
Bentley The Brave 