Lady Malfoy
Even though I really should be studying, I feel inclined to write something about Lady Malfoy. I was answering my email questions and particularly, the one question I get all the time: "How many more chapters?" I was first asked this question when Lady Malfoy was at 25 chapters and so I answered, "probably not more than 40". That being said, I reflected on the FIFTEEN 7000 word chapters I had to write before I'd have to deal with the story being finished. Yesterday, someone else asked me the same question and like always, I replied "probably not more than 40". A few seconds later, I submitted my thirty sixth chapter of the story. That leaves me only four more chapters and the thing is, as I have planned the story in my head, it really shouldn't exceed forty chapters. And if I write one chapter a month, like I usually do, I should be done this story before Christmas break. It isn't like I didn't expect the story to end and in fact, I promised myself that I would try to finish it before school started in September but it feels weird now that the story is drawing to an end. Whether I'm working out or on the bus or just sitting around, I listen to music and plan out conversations between characters in my head. Now what will I do when I'm breathlessly running on the treadmill or riding city transit?
What's also really weird is that -as most of you know- I never planned for this story to be so complex. Now that a lot of the major twists have been revealed, I guess I can talk about what my original idea was. Lestrange killed Hermione's parents and to protect her, she was sent to live in Malfoy Manor. Simple right? Yes. She had to pretend to be Lady Malfoy and tried to help solve the secret of Adria (who, in my original plan, was the original Lady Malfoy). But as I kept on writing and listening to these conversations between characters (Mavis Gallant used to do the same thing and so I feel like less of a lunatic admitting it), the story got more and more twisted and new characters came into play. Cassius was supposed to appear in the sequel but that all changed too. Anyways, I am getting off track. With my simple plan, I had certain key moments that I wanted to write like the scene where Draco saves Hermione from the fountain and titles her Lady Malfoy. I wrote another such scene last night and for the fear of spoiling anything, I won't mention what it was about. But all in all, I'm writing these scenes that have been in my head for almost three years and when I think about how long that is, I sort of wish I finish the story by September. Three years. That's a really long time. In that time, I went from being sixteen to being nineteen. I went from high school to university and Lady Malfoy was my one constant in those three years.
But now, I think it's time to move on and move past Natalie and Cassius and Draco and Hermione. At least, that's how I feel right now. Who knows? Maybe tomorrow I'll wake up and wanted to write a sequel (I doubt it). However, I enjoy reading all the reviews that I get and all the compliments from readers. I honestly smile when people tell me that they check the site regularly for updates or when they email me their blogs where they've written about the story. For someone who has grown up in a big city with a big family and in a big school, it's nice to have people tell you that their friends read the story too and loved it or that they've recommended Lady Malfoy to their little cousins. And part me is a little worried about letting that recognition and appreciation go. If I start writing original fiction and stories that I've been wanting to write for a long time, I wonder if I'll ever be able to finish them when there's no one telling me how much they love it after I post every chapter. But like I said before, three years is a long time and I need to move to on to more real things.
Maybe I will start writing some of the stories I have planned in my head. But I think I'll take a break from long novels for a while and start with short stories.
I just hope I write my characters' names instead of accidentally writing Draco and Hermione.
What's also really weird is that -as most of you know- I never planned for this story to be so complex. Now that a lot of the major twists have been revealed, I guess I can talk about what my original idea was. Lestrange killed Hermione's parents and to protect her, she was sent to live in Malfoy Manor. Simple right? Yes. She had to pretend to be Lady Malfoy and tried to help solve the secret of Adria (who, in my original plan, was the original Lady Malfoy). But as I kept on writing and listening to these conversations between characters (Mavis Gallant used to do the same thing and so I feel like less of a lunatic admitting it), the story got more and more twisted and new characters came into play. Cassius was supposed to appear in the sequel but that all changed too. Anyways, I am getting off track. With my simple plan, I had certain key moments that I wanted to write like the scene where Draco saves Hermione from the fountain and titles her Lady Malfoy. I wrote another such scene last night and for the fear of spoiling anything, I won't mention what it was about. But all in all, I'm writing these scenes that have been in my head for almost three years and when I think about how long that is, I sort of wish I finish the story by September. Three years. That's a really long time. In that time, I went from being sixteen to being nineteen. I went from high school to university and Lady Malfoy was my one constant in those three years.
But now, I think it's time to move on and move past Natalie and Cassius and Draco and Hermione. At least, that's how I feel right now. Who knows? Maybe tomorrow I'll wake up and wanted to write a sequel (I doubt it). However, I enjoy reading all the reviews that I get and all the compliments from readers. I honestly smile when people tell me that they check the site regularly for updates or when they email me their blogs where they've written about the story. For someone who has grown up in a big city with a big family and in a big school, it's nice to have people tell you that their friends read the story too and loved it or that they've recommended Lady Malfoy to their little cousins. And part me is a little worried about letting that recognition and appreciation go. If I start writing original fiction and stories that I've been wanting to write for a long time, I wonder if I'll ever be able to finish them when there's no one telling me how much they love it after I post every chapter. But like I said before, three years is a long time and I need to move to on to more real things.
Maybe I will start writing some of the stories I have planned in my head. But I think I'll take a break from long novels for a while and start with short stories.
I just hope I write my characters' names instead of accidentally writing Draco and Hermione.