July Writing and August Plans

[osprey_archer]

After faffing around for the first half of July, I dove into a “Gawain and the Green Knight” retelling where the Knights of the Round Table are RAF pilots. Just hit 20,000 words today, and I think it will top out between 25,000 and 30,000. Short but sweet.

I’m contemplating an Arthur/Guenevere/Lancelot companion piece, although this is hampered by the fact that I would have to actually come up with a plot, the standard Arthurian plot in this instance being the opposite of “happy throuple.” I'd like it to be a little uncanny, too, to fit with the Green Knight aesthetic... Oh, well, we'll see if something comes to me. There is a lot to be said for a story like “Gawain and the Green Knight” that hands you the plot on a silver platter!

Comments

[skygiants]

I am still so excited about this and also so in awe of the fact that you wrote 20k in half a month!!

[osprey_archer]

Sometimes I am a very speedy writer! And then sometimes I am simply not.

[troisoiseaux]

Just hit 20,000 words today

Wow, congrats! I can't wait to read this!!

[osprey_archer]

I'm hoping to have a draft finished reasonably soon. Still contemplating just how to end it.

[littlerhymes]

Excited for this!

I hope the companion piece comes to you too.

[osprey_archer]

Contemplating whether Lancelot and Gwen should already be having an affair at the start of the story or if Lancelot simply feels guilty because he has lusted after Gwen in his HEART.

[genarti]

I'm SO EXCITED for your Gawain and the Red Baron Green Knight retelling!! It sounds SO cool. (And 20K in a month! Incredible!!)

[osprey_archer]

BRIEFLY distracted by contemplating just how Gawain and the Red Baron would work... probably a more classic "jousting a knight at a ford strategically important point in the air" tale than whatever is going on with the Green Knight.