The journey has begun with a 1,900-word prologue. I wouldn't say it was easy writing this one, but it certainly was a lot less painful than any of my other first kicks at a manuscript. What was different about this process? I did a lot of notes and I even storyboarded the prologue (with some very bad drawings) so that I knew the broad strokes of what needed to happen. When I got into the draft, I still could be creative with the little moments, but I knew generally where the story had to go. There's one glitch in the last section, but I've flagged it as something I can deal with in revisions.
I'm pretty happy with the way I started Code Breakers Club, and I think I'll keep doing more of the same. Tomorrow, I'll stay away from the computer and develop my three protagonists and if I have time, I'll storyboard the first chapter. I'm actually quite impressed that I wasn't staring at a blank screen for three days. It was a welcome change of pace.
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