Chapter Fifteen, And Wisdom that Comes with Age

(Image: Chapter 15, Peter, Jinx and Rachel.)

In all the Halloween craziness I almost forgot to upload the chapter to Wattpad for you! Whoops. That's what reminders on smart phones are for. One of the few features I don't know how to live without. Hahaha! I guess I'd go back to wearing a wristwatch and setting alarms to remind me to check my paper to-do list. 

Some interesting things to note about this chapter: while it's one of the few that kept the old illustration (actually three separate character concepts that I photo-shopped together back in the day), a lot of what happens in this and the next several chapters deviates from the original edition of the book, in execution if not in content.

The reason being? When you're writing something at fifteen years old, the concept of a fellow teenager sneaking out to learn how to save the world seems totally legit. As a twenty-something, you see things a little different. Bennie might be totally fine with sneaking out, but the Guardians, especially Perce, who's charged with looking after her and also sees her as the daughter he never had, would not take that lightly. 

You get old and discover the real dangers aren't all demons and dark kings.

So I completely changed Perce's approach to Bennie's situation, as a Guardian of special interested to Reyortsed, and as the child of an overprotective, and truth be told, traumatized mother. The Perce in my head seems a lot more comfortable with the new version than the old, as do I, and so I think the rewrite was a good move.

There are perks to growing up! Your writing makes more sense. 

Hope everyone had a good and safe Halloween and for everyone participating in NaNoWriMo, good luck and happy writing!