Happy Easter, everyone! I hope you all get to enjoy some family time today.
Since there was some question about the narrator last week, Araneae is told from my heroine’s point of view. 🙂
“She’s young,” Rhys said gruffly. “Hope is a fragile thing, easily crushed.”
I stared at him, wondering why his experience sounded personal and curious as to what he’d once wanted and gone without. His tone made me wonder if he considered hope another wasted emotion his clan was better off lacking. Then I wondered how he existed without it.
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Hailey writes about questionable applications of otherwise perfectly good magic, the transformative power of love, the family you choose for yourself, and blowing stuff up. Not necessarily all at once. That could get messy.
Great internal thoughts here! I look forward to reading more.
Rhys sounds like an interesting character. Can’t wait to hear more about him.
I’m very interested in what happens next. Great insight to Rhys’ characterization here!
An intriguing SSS. I really liked her thoughts, very nice.
I really love your first person narration. You have a way of showing so much in first person that sometimes I forget it isn’t third person. So well done.
Thank you, so much. I’ve been caught in the first over third debate for months now, stressing over some decisions I’ve made. The bottom line is that first person allows me to explore characters in a way that’s frowned upon in third. After much beating my head against the wall, I’m finally gaining a better understanding of what I enjoy writing–and why it works. 😉
A little foreshadow here I think. Nice insight into what makes him who he is and that somehow this will come into play later.
This is really a nice deep PoV, gives a great feel for who she is and how her mind works.
intriguing. Need to know more!
I love the way you write, it draws me in completely.
Thanks, Graylin. 🙂
I admire authors those who write first POV well and you are one of them. This snippet pulls me in and lets me know about both of them. Awesome crafting here.
Happy Easter Hailey!
Thank you, Gem. I love first, both reading it and writing it. I’m glad I haven’t mangled it too badly. 🙂
Love the idea of fragile hope, easily crushed. Very nice.
I agree, love the way you write first person. Nice work.
Intriguing
More. Please.
Yeah, he sounds like he’s been burned bad. *pets*
Nice post
As always…totally awesome! Can’t wait to read more about this! 😀
Hope should always be a good thing, shouldn’t it? Now I’m hooked.
I really like this character
Interesting six. It shows insight into both characters even though it’s in first person.
Good characterization in this six.
Sounds quite ominous to me. Is he intending to crush her hope?