Notes: Tatianna Sapling and Next Steps

Mercy on us! A character story? Well, que sera sera. The Scribe Julie was good enough to provide me a reserved sapling for the purpose; both she and the Mighty Father of Lust Quont have been very kind and helpful to me in furthering my writing ambitions.

So, notes. Following is the text of Julie's sapling, which I will have to develop:

Tatianna, whom most people know better as Tatianna the (insert title), could not have had a more blessed, if somewhat humble, beginning. Born to (insert father and mother’s names) of the Yenpoh fisherfolk of Majikku Island, Tatianna possessed singular beauty, intelligence, singing talent, stubborn will, and insatiable curiosity. If anything could be said of young Tatianna, she praised the heavens with her vibrant love of life. All that changed when…

Now that is a lovely beginning, but more detail surely is called for (if only to make the minimum word count, ha ha). Character traits are well established early on, and I can probably pull some of that directly from the finished early sections without having to rewrite too much.

One thing difficult will be, and that is to tell of events in Tatianna's life without giving away the details of just what happens to her in the completed legend. I had rather juggle swords, I think, but must make the effort.

At least for now I can explore the lands and other existing characters of her time and place, and start building her background. I used to think that writing was easy, but I believe I must amend that to something like writing being hard if you go about it the right way. Something like that. If I get frustrated I can always take a break and write a song. A whole song, not a "song-ling". Sometimes with songwriting doing it wrong is an absolute benefit. Peace.