Oct 27th and Oct 28th

Tuesday, Oct. 27
You are a journalist. The story of your novel is complete. Interview your protagonist and ask the following questions:
How did the events of your story change you?
How is life for you now?




Interview the protagonist
“Eleanor, may I call you Eleanor? What have you learned from this experience?”
In response Eleanor lifted up a weary hand and pushed the hair away from her face.
“I’ve learned that friends can be found in the most unlikely places, that first impressions can be wrong, and old wounds never go so deep that they can’t be healed.”
“Those are just generalisations, our readers are more interested in how you and Gerald got on, and what you both plan for the future.”
“There is no future for us,” Eleanor snaps. “He is human, the Knight Sherriff’s right hand man. I am an elf. Elves have no place in human society. The humans hate and despise us. We are the creatures of legend that snatch their children in the dead of night, that curse their livestock, that steal their milk. If they want to frighten a child into obedience, they say “Be good, or the elves will steal you away and eat you," and we are vegetarians!”
“But what happens now?”
“I have gone back to my people. I am to study healing with my father. I hope in time to be as good as he is, but I know it will take many years.”
“So no more adventures in the real world?”
“No,” Eleanor admits with a sigh. “But you must realise that the elven glades are the real world to me. It is the world in which I grew up, the world I know best”
“And your love for Gerald?”
“There is a disused pig herder’s cottage in the woods. We meet there from time to time and spend a few days in each other’s company. It is enough!”
From the sad look on Eleanor's face the interviewer concludes that it is NOT enough. She touches Eleanor's hand gently in sympathy.


Wednesday, Oct. 28
You are a journalist. The story of your novel is complete. Interview your antagonist and ask the following questions:
How did the events of your story change you?
How is life for you now?
*if your antagonist is a situation rather than a person, interview a bystander or minor/supporting character instead.


“My Lady, may I say how wonderful you look, given your recent set-backs ???.”
Lady Raveena simpers at this over-blown compliment, gently smoothing back a stray hair from her elegant coiffure.
“I hear that your shipping centre was badly damaged and that a great deal of expensive stock went up in flames.”
“A small set-back as you rightly said,” Raveena agreed, smoothing the silk of her skirt and sitting up even straighter. “But nothing that cannot be replaced in a year or two.”
“I believe you were planning to employ mercenaries, to take over the country when the majority of the country’s troop were at war with ???”
“That’s treason. You know you could have your head chopped off for merely suggesting such things? I have heard that my husband’s enemies have been spreading lies about our purely peaceful economic overtures to the ???traders, but that is all it is, lies.”
“So, that’s not true then? We have it on good authority…”
“If you dare to repeat such falsehoods I will have my men drag you to the stocks, where you will be whipped until you beg for mercy. Do you understand me! I am not some milk-sop maid who takes to her bed at the first sign of adversity. We will rebuild, and be in a better situation to expand even further, within three years."
Taking a deep breath, she regains something of her earlier composure before continuing.
"If this situation has taught me anything, its not to put all your eggs in one basket but to have alternative methods of achieving your goals. I shall not be so naive next time. Next time, I’ll be ready!”