I'm a visual writer, so my battle is never about seeing the story. I don't just see it, I live it--and the act of writing makes time move in the storyverse. After 49 years of doing this (I started at 8) that part is pretty much habit. It goes fast, once I see the shape of things. But after I discovered that my drafts functioned as code words*
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and to leave the metaphor behind, I cut out a crucial exchange, and have been working on it off and on for three years. It's still a mess.
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Yeah. Cassandra went down in family history as a grim old lady, because of course she was old, and a spinster, and she'd lost her best friend in her sister. But the letters we have are filled with references to Cassandra's teasing and funny way of writing, and it's very possible that she and Jane honed their fine sense of irony and sardonic humor on one another.
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And yes: kudos to all those beta readers out there. What would we do without them?
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I don't mind if it goes past four books. I like getting sucked into your world. It's the waiting ...
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thanks! Well, i'd rather get back to the modern timeline, where my heart really lies. But thanks!
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