some thoughts on secrets and Skolians

[edenfalling]

Apropos of nothing in particular

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[cat_i_th_adage]

I've been doing a story with a big reveal that hit around 20,000 words in - I had jitters for days before and after. It was, it was weirdly emotional for me. Definitely fun, when I can pull it off.

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The thing that gets me about Asaro's books is when I read the appendix at the back and realise that she was modelling character interactions off the movement of particular sub-atomic particles, or orbital mechanics, or other complicated physics...

[edenfalling]

Now I am trying to remember reveal scenes I've written. Hmm. I think the biggest is the one halfway through "Secrets," where Ginny realizes that Tom has been lying to her, possessing her, and trying to kill her classmates. It is the hinge on which the story turns, and I got very jittery and wrung out while writing it.

I like that Asaro uses random bits of math and physics as frameworks for her space opera and romance plots. It's an outline method I've never seen anyone else apply. :)

[cat_i_th_adage]

I like it too - it just always makes me blink.