jumping around

[mizkit]

In the last several books I’ve written, I’ve noticed a tendency that as I approach the end, I leap ahead, write the end, then come back and fill bits in.

I have been doing that for this whole bloody book.

Now, I know people who work this way as a matter of course, but I don’t, and I don’t like it, and seriously, what’s that all about anyway?

This

Comments

Fractal Writing

[amberley]

At least you're not jumping back into the previous 9 books to add bits to them as you go along!

Although at a 40K/week pace you could rewrite the whole series in 6 months!
Or the first book or two in an Epic Fantasy Trilogy.

You have your new laptop set to backup regularly, right? Offsite? Coffee and gravity can be cruel.

Re: Fractal Writing

[mizkit]

Dropbox is my friend, yes.

And Ted and I were discussing that, how long I could keep this up if I left every morning to go write as an 8-5 job. Unfortunately, we figured we'd need about fifty grand in the bank to give it a year-long test run and find out, and I haven't figured out how to run a Kickstarter and make a reward of "there will be SO MANY BOOKS to send to publishers when this year is over!" palatable. :)

[irishkate]

Sounds likely in terms of reasons and sounds like you in terms of reasonable standards.

Looking forward to the book now! Re reading some in reverse order, it's a little confusing but somewhat entertaining to read them that way round. (They are lots entertaining in their own right)

[silkiemom]

If you look in the dictionary, there is definitely not a picture of you next to "reasonable standards".

[veilofgrace]

I just teared up a little.

[mizkit]

Awww! *hugs*!