Hmm.
You know, the problem with writing a Chuunin exam from scratch and not just copying what canon did, especially when you move the Chuunin exam to an entirely different country and then curse that fact because two years ago when the exam was first plotted we had no canon for that country other than the fact that Konoha had been at war with them when Naruto and the gang were three... but time keeps moving and now, of course, we've got more canon.
This makes it a little difficult now that time's come to actually write what I'd planned.
I mean, alright, half the exam was tossed because as the plot of SB went on, things changed, dynamics altered, a Really Important Jutsu I'd originally planned for Ino to learn in SB was moved to the sequel (trust me, it makes way more sense there, not that I'm going to tell you what the sequel deals with, though if you're paying attention you can totally get a hint 'cause I've been strewing foreshadowing like confetti throughout the whole first part), and Sakura and Chouji's friendship is more developed than it was in the original draft.
Okay, I've wandered from my point. ANYWAY.
The Sky on Fire series is a massive, sprawling AU. I am, however, determined to keep it relatively the same geographically and, yeah, with the Kages who are in power and the countries relationships to each other. To a degree (for now).
Needless to say, re-working it is a bit of a mess. We're getting there though. I'm not sure when the next chapter'll be out yet because (for many reasons) these last ones need to be written very specifically, and that means a bit of hopping around with the order I write them in just so I know the details of it all are in place.
That being said, I can say with confidence: Slow Burn will be 19 chapters long.
...just don't ask how long some of those chapters might be. I don't know yet. They might wind up being part I, II, and III and so on, like some of the past chapters (and my chapters tend to be on the long side anyway, so...). ^^
This makes it a little difficult now that time's come to actually write what I'd planned.
I mean, alright, half the exam was tossed because as the plot of SB went on, things changed, dynamics altered, a Really Important Jutsu I'd originally planned for Ino to learn in SB was moved to the sequel (trust me, it makes way more sense there, not that I'm going to tell you what the sequel deals with, though if you're paying attention you can totally get a hint 'cause I've been strewing foreshadowing like confetti throughout the whole first part), and Sakura and Chouji's friendship is more developed than it was in the original draft.
Okay, I've wandered from my point. ANYWAY.
The Sky on Fire series is a massive, sprawling AU. I am, however, determined to keep it relatively the same geographically and, yeah, with the Kages who are in power and the countries relationships to each other. To a degree (for now).
Needless to say, re-working it is a bit of a mess. We're getting there though. I'm not sure when the next chapter'll be out yet because (for many reasons) these last ones need to be written very specifically, and that means a bit of hopping around with the order I write them in just so I know the details of it all are in place.
That being said, I can say with confidence: Slow Burn will be 19 chapters long.
...just don't ask how long some of those chapters might be. I don't know yet. They might wind up being part I, II, and III and so on, like some of the past chapters (and my chapters tend to be on the long side anyway, so...). ^^