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So... Each chapter needs to be about 3500 words (or two days worth of word-count) long. Handy. Probably won't work out so easily.
One for sorrow (Prologue? Mentions loneliness and trust Issues?)
Two for joy (The Lovers meet)
Three for a girl (Can't get you out of my head)
Four for a boy (Okay, I have no idea how the title would tie in, though it may involve a sub-plot about Lori's family and the whole "losing a son vs gaining a daughter" thing. But the lovers are reunited and Lori starts learning about the Issues in the Corvid community)
Five for a death (the crow monarch dies?)
Six for a birth (heaven only knows -- perhaps a new and not-so-pleasant order takes hold?)
Seven for the heavens (Lori gets drawn into the Corvid "civil war"... why?)
Eight for the earth (probably pagan stuff of some kind or another)
Nine for age (insert Ancient Wisdom here?)
Ten for youth (rag-tag army of youngsters decide that They're Not Gonna Take It Anymore?)
Eleven for a secret (Climactic lead-up, includes some sort of major trigger-fight between The Lovers)
Twelve for a truth (Climactic battle (or whatever), includes unofficial reconciliation of The Lovers. Villain exposed, good triumphs over evil, etc)
Thirteen for the moon (Official reconciliation of the lovers, probably including make-up sex)
Fourteen for the sun (romantic denument -- not sure how I'm going to swing that one, though)
Fifteen for a future just begun (happy ending, everybody wins)
All that being said: The "subplot" of dealing with Lori's family not being particularly supportive... I'm not sure how that really fits in with the rest of the story.
Also, If anyone can think of a way to re-word the "Fifteen" line of the rhyme so that the last sylable rhymes with "moon" instead of "sun", I'd be real happy.
The story is sgoing to span (somehow) the course of about... eight months. From Thanksgiving weekend to Victoria Day weekend, basically. Autmn leaves to lilac blooms. Sound good? :-)
One for sorrow (Prologue? Mentions loneliness and trust Issues?)
Two for joy (The Lovers meet)
Three for a girl (Can't get you out of my head)
Four for a boy (Okay, I have no idea how the title would tie in, though it may involve a sub-plot about Lori's family and the whole "losing a son vs gaining a daughter" thing. But the lovers are reunited and Lori starts learning about the Issues in the Corvid community)
Five for a death (the crow monarch dies?)
Six for a birth (heaven only knows -- perhaps a new and not-so-pleasant order takes hold?)
Seven for the heavens (Lori gets drawn into the Corvid "civil war"... why?)
Eight for the earth (probably pagan stuff of some kind or another)
Nine for age (insert Ancient Wisdom here?)
Ten for youth (rag-tag army of youngsters decide that They're Not Gonna Take It Anymore?)
Eleven for a secret (Climactic lead-up, includes some sort of major trigger-fight between The Lovers)
Twelve for a truth (Climactic battle (or whatever), includes unofficial reconciliation of The Lovers. Villain exposed, good triumphs over evil, etc)
Thirteen for the moon (Official reconciliation of the lovers, probably including make-up sex)
Fourteen for the sun (romantic denument -- not sure how I'm going to swing that one, though)
Fifteen for a future just begun (happy ending, everybody wins)
All that being said: The "subplot" of dealing with Lori's family not being particularly supportive... I'm not sure how that really fits in with the rest of the story.
Also, If anyone can think of a way to re-word the "Fifteen" line of the rhyme so that the last sylable rhymes with "moon" instead of "sun", I'd be real happy.
The story is sgoing to span (somehow) the course of about... eight months. From Thanksgiving weekend to Victoria Day weekend, basically. Autmn leaves to lilac blooms. Sound good? :-)
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