Happy May Everyone!
I have wanted to do a challenge like this for months, something to help me blog every day and flex some writing skills. I could not find anything that looked like fun, so I made one.
Here’s what I came up with:
Here we go!
Prequels are a sticky subject. Some people enjoy them, some people can’t stand them. For the first time, I wrote one, and finished it.
Here’s what I’ve learned.
Prequels Vary:
For some prequels, the main characters are the same as in the rest of the books in a series. For this prequel, I decided to go further back, and only keep a few of the characters, mainly the villains, to explore their backstories. I could have kept the same characters, but it was fun to explore the villains.
Prequels Reveal A Lot:
In this prequel, it was fun to explore the villains before they became the villains, and the main characters that were not in the series for one reason or another. For a while, I wasn’t sure what the motivation for the villains were, but writing them out I found the perfect motivations for them, which will make every other book in the series stronger.
Prequels Can Be Complicated:
Several characters had to meet and change for the series to take place. There were certain instances where it felt like pulling teeth trying to get two characters together or even to get them to meet.
Prequels Can Be Calming:
Writing a book series can vary in ease. As a writer that enjoys writing from start to finish in a novel, it was wonderful to know where I was going and what needed to happen at the end. It was amazing to explore the twists and turns of characters and determining how they get to the end.
All said and done, it was a wonderful experience to write a prequel and see what I could do with characters I hadn’t explored yet.
You think he’s the most beautiful thing in the world, with his golden ringlets, his light eyes and those pouty pink lips that are almost criminal.
You don’t see what hides underneath those icy blue eyes. The pain and intolerance he’s seen, the tears he’s shed over those he truly loves.
The things you can’t feel, the things he can’t see. You think it might be love, but you’re unsure. You’ve never had what you classify as feelings. Where he seems to feel too much.
What a perfect couple. The blind and the insincere.
At least he can’t see when you lie.
