Almost knocked out chapter 4 this weekend. It is taking longer than action packed chapter 3, but there is a lot of important set up stuff. Stuff that will become important much, much later in the story.
Wesley: And how does your kind define love? Demon: Same as all bodies. Same as everywheres. Love is sacrifice.
'The Girl in Question'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Gudanov - Apr 20, 2009 6:02:12 am PDT #1445 of 6690
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Gudanov - Apr 20, 2009 8:56:55 am PDT #1446 of 6690
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Hmmm... So far with four chapters my chapter length has remained bizarrely consistent even though I haven't trying to do that. Interpolating the various story events to chapters gives me about thirty chapters. Taking the average of the first four chapters and multiplying that by 30 gives me about 500 word processor pages. Gulp. I've got about 64 pages right now.
Amy - Apr 20, 2009 10:10:27 am PDT #1447 of 6690
Because books.
It always helps me to break it down that way, Gud, but if it seems intimidating, just forget that part! Also, it might not work that way, in practice, so.
Excellent progress, though!
Gudanov - Apr 20, 2009 12:32:58 pm PDT #1448 of 6690
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It's not really all that intimidating, it's just one part at a time. Breaking it up into guesstimated chapters actually helped make it all seem more doable. I have a pretty good idea of what generally happens in each of my guesstimated chapters, so I don't feel like I'm going to get stuck anywhere.
Amy - Apr 20, 2009 12:41:25 pm PDT #1449 of 6690
Because books.
Breaking it up into guesstimated chapters actually helped make it all seem more doable.
That's the way it always works for me.
Gudanov - Apr 20, 2009 12:46:55 pm PDT #1450 of 6690
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There still is one idea I'm toying with that would change things pretty dramatically toward the end, but I can't figure out how to make it work with later events. It would be cool if I could get it work though.
Gudanov - Apr 20, 2009 5:23:12 pm PDT #1451 of 6690
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Chapter 4 is done. Now for Chapter 5 wherein I need to fake some knowledge of sword fighting.
Gudanov - Apr 21, 2009 10:54:28 am PDT #1452 of 6690
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The need for fake knowledge has been moved til later, I realized it was too soon in Chapter 5.
If these hypothetical situations get too tiresome let me know.
This is a fantasy setting so there is magic. One magical device creates a dome that renders everything inside invisible from the outside. Conversely, if you are inside it, all light from the outside is blocked so you would appear to be on a disc of ground in a complete void. How likely would that be to freak somebody out? I'm thinking it would at least freak out some people.
Ailleann - Apr 21, 2009 11:07:57 am PDT #1453 of 6690
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Especially if the ground under their feet looks like a void, I'm definitely thinking freakout.
Laga - Apr 21, 2009 11:08:13 am PDT #1454 of 6690
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
If I was from a world of magic where this sort of thing is commonplace I'd probably be more annoyed than freaked.