October 16, 2003
Epigraphs and changes and stuff
Like I posted to the writing journal, I printed out The Exile's Daughter last night. Whooboy. That's one impressive-looking pile of paper, lemme tell you. I suppose in a way, it's draft 1.1, because I did make a few minor changes before I sent it to my first readers:
- I seriously shortened the prelude
- I corrected Alex's age, which had been variously reported as 17 or 19--she's 19.
- I finally settled on an epigraph for the last section. It's less apocalypse-y and more appropriate, particularly if you know the poem it's taken from.
If you remember (or if you cared) the original epigraphs were all taken from W. B. Yeats. Well, they still are, but Part Three's epigraph was originally from "The Second Coming". Now it's from "Cuchulain's Fight with the Sea":
'I only ask what way my journey lies,It's appropriate, because it's a son speaking to his mother before he goes off, at her behest, to kill the man who left her--his father. There's so much parent-child stuff going on through the whole novel, especially the last section. The quote fits so well it gives me chills. :) Posted by Lisa at October 16, 2003 11:36 AM
For He who made you bitter made you wise.'
