Writing about Writing - Days 28

28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there's nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.

Yes, Tatterdemalion, my narrator for The Bitter River, is mute. He is an orphan who was found on the banks of a river by an archeologist and was raised in her household by a linguist.  Even though Tatter can't talk, he is very bright and can understand several languages. He loves words and the power they have over people. He communicates through sign language, but these signs are a made-up invention of the family he finds himself in, so he doesn't have much conversation or interaction with strangers.

What's that you say about size?

 Two days of writing, and another chapter down. Short chapter, but size doesn't matter, right?*

Two chapters to go.  I have a thorny problem to figure out in one of them, but the other should be relatively painless. For me, the author, not the character.  >:}

I foresee that these scenes shall be short, too.

But...

All together now:

Size doesn't matter!

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* Thankfully at this first draft stage, quality doesn't either