Weekend Writing Warriors: Snippet 118- Elektra

It’s time for Weekend Writing Warriors! Every Sunday, a bunch of writers post 8-10-sentence snippets from their WIPs on their blogs. There’s a lot of reading, commenting and great writing. Click on the link to see the full list.

This week, I’ll finally share a snippet from my WIP, Fall of the Titans, Book 5 in The Desolate Empire Series. At the end of book 4, Teodora’s daughter Elektra acted heroically to save a friend’s life, forcing her to switch sides again. She’d been in the process of becoming allies with King Lennart who’s sworn to take Teodora down. Pretending to reconcile with her mother, she’s gone home with Teodora and is alone in her room, thinking about what to do next.

She was on her own. No one had ever cared about her for herself; they only cared about her position as Teodora’s heir, or as Lennart’s ally. Elektra needed to stop hoping for love, for friendship, and decide what she wanted. Then she needed to take it.

She pushed open the window and leaned out, letting the icy wind caress her face. Her mother thought she was weak–let her. From now on, Elektra would take advantage of that.

She turned away from the window and faced the darkened room. No more wishing for what couldn’t be. It was time to take matters into her own hands.

 

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39 Comments on “Weekend Writing Warriors: Snippet 118- Elektra

  1. She has great determination! I hope she gets what she wants in taking her mother by surprise. 🙂

  2. This is one of your better snippets. I especially liked how she plans to use her mother’s low opinion of her; I’m not sure exactly how or why she’ll let her mother underestimate her, but it could be a great scene..

    • Thank you! I’m always a little leery of writing too much internal monologue. Maybe I shouldn’t be. 🙂 Teodora underestimates her daughter constantly, so it’s mostly a matter of finding the right moment to take advantage of that.

  3. Love, love, love this scene! It’s easy to see the strength she possesses inside her. Now she needs to find a way to unleash it. Let them think she’s weak, and then…bam! 😀 Fantastic!

    • This character is so much fun to write because she’s constantly underestimated, often by herself. So it’s always really satisfying when she has a win.

  4. Hmmm…intriguing. I always felt sorry for Elektra. But this could be one of those weird twists of life. Despising her mother for what she is–Elektra just might become her mother if she grasps power for herself, any way she can.

    Fantastic writing, Christina!

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