Well, you don't have to wait long for the next chapter, because I just sent it!
I love your icon, by the way.
If you ever do write the ending before the rest of the story, let me know. I'd be curious to hear how it felt for you, because it was REALLY unnerving for me. But it was one of those instances where I just had to write it. I probably couldn't have written the rest of this chapter if I didn't get it down. I tried to just make some notes so I wouldn't forget and then ignore it, but it refused. It was like Epilogue Plot Bunny or something, and it was pretty insistent. Although, I will say that despite the label I just gave the Bunny, it was definitely an ending and not an epilogue. :)
I'm really impressed you can write out of sequence. I can't. I did it once and I was screwed when it came to writing the intervening chapters -- they were like Chinese water torture. I think it's because I knew what happened next and I thought having to go back to write the journey between was dead boring.
I have other friends who write out of sequence all the time and it works for them. I, on the other hand, hold those mental images of future chapters in my mind like a carrot dangling before the horse. They give me tons of incentive.
Oh.
Hi, by the way. I realize that I've never commented on your journal before. I hope you don't mind.
I get woefully behind on the whole friending thing, I'm afraid, so my apologies for not having done so sooner.
I am indeed talking about Summoning. I have three or four scenes pretty clearly in my head that I'm holding off until I write them, and one of them is the denouement ... which isn't to say it's the last scene ... because there will be two or three chapters following that one. Whew, it is coming to the end though ... probably ten more posts and I'm done. I can hardly wait
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Wow. It's strange to think you're that close to finishing Summoning. It's been an immense pleasure, by the way, to both read and reread the epic. And to "converse" with you through the reviews for it. :)
Yes, notebooks are my friend, too. I have a drawer filled with story outlines, research (a lot of which I haven't used for anything yet), and various prompts/ideas/etc. I think the only reason I started writing the chapters out of sequence was becuase I didn't have the idea that I wanted to write so much as I had the WORDS that I wanted to use. So, I just started free-styling the words to see where they went. It will have to be tweaked regardless, because I am in total agreement that Rowling's epilogue trapped her.
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I've never written the ending before the rest of the story so far. I wonder how it would feel if I would.
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I love your icon, by the way.
If you ever do write the ending before the rest of the story, let me know. I'd be curious to hear how it felt for you, because it was REALLY unnerving for me. But it was one of those instances where I just had to write it. I probably couldn't have written the rest of this chapter if I didn't get it down. I tried to just make some notes so I wouldn't forget and then ignore it, but it refused. It was like Epilogue Plot Bunny or something, and it was pretty insistent. Although, I will say that despite the label I just gave the Bunny, it was definitely an ending and not an epilogue. :)
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I have other friends who write out of sequence all the time and it works for them. I, on the other hand, hold those mental images of future chapters in my mind like a carrot dangling before the horse. They give me tons of incentive.
Oh.
Hi, by the way. I realize that I've never commented on your journal before. I hope you don't mind.
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I am indeed talking about Summoning. I have three or four scenes pretty clearly in my head that I'm holding off until I write them, and one of them is the denouement ... which isn't to say it's the last scene ... because there will be two or three chapters following that one. Whew, it is coming to the end though ... probably ten more posts and I'm done. I can hardly wait ( ... )
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Yes, notebooks are my friend, too. I have a drawer filled with story outlines, research (a lot of which I haven't used for anything yet), and various prompts/ideas/etc. I think the only reason I started writing the chapters out of sequence was becuase I didn't have the idea that I wanted to write so much as I had the WORDS that I wanted to use. So, I just started free-styling the words to see where they went. It will have to be tweaked regardless, because I am in total agreement that Rowling's epilogue trapped her.
Sweet dreams! ;)
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