Onward and upwards!

[strangetomato]

Thank you for the comments and show of support on my last post. I find myself really excited about Strangetown again and wanting to get to Chapter 36, where lots of plot and drama starts happening and I get to do all sorts of things I've been waiting forever to do. There's only one thing standing in my way: Chapter 35 (part four). *groan* I think the only thing that will get me over this hurdle is my desire to get to the next chapter. I'm tempted to just post, "Bottom and Vidcund eventually find a way out of Faerie and some other stuff happens that I'll tell you about later and then Vidcund has to return to Strangetown because PT is dying. The End."

But no, I feel I must complete it properly. I swear, when I finally post that chapter my notes will simply read, "Fuck you, Chapter Thirty-Five. I WIN!"

Comments

[petchy-14.livejournal.com]

Dude, if you want to write chapter 36 and skip 35 till a later date I would't mind much :) It's fantastic to see you enthusiastic about this again!

[so-goshable.livejournal.com]

That's always a frustrating, yet also exciting, place to be in; being bound by a chapter, when you have other ideas planned. I've been there too. You just got to sit down and get that part over with. Sometimes you'll the outcome can be a lot better than you evert expected. Strange things can happen in the writing process. Glad you're getting over the hurdle.

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

You show that chapter who is boss! :D

[skellington7d.livejournal.com]

Urgh I know how it feels to just want to skip to the big stuff. I thought I'd have gotten to it by now in my story but I ended up adding like 2 chapters and 2 interludes worth of buildup. But there have been times when the "bridge" chapters I wasn't too excited about ended up inspiring me into stuff I'm really proud of.

And when it comes to Sim stories I think it's okay to just do what you have to do to keep the passion burning. If you feel like you're muddling through, 'cheating' is forgivable as long as you're having fun.

[galialady.livejournal.com]

:D Can't wait for it!

[peni griffin (from livejournal.com)]

That's the trouble with a serial format that is published as you write. I could never do that - I rely far too much on the "shitty first draft" stage and the ability to work backwards and forwards putting in foreshadowing and taking out dead ends.

Anyway, one thing you learn by sitting down and writing every day is, that later on, you can't tell which bits you wrote in the white-hot fire of inspiration and which ones you wrote like pushing a mountain uphill. Put your butt in the chair and work on it every day and it will get done. Don't and it won't. That's all about it. Master the art of BIC, and the rest follows.

You'll do fine.

And the good news is - once you're through the long hard slog in the middle, the last part of the story is like rolling downhill. So you have that to look forward to.

[tov01.livejournal.com]

I was going to tell you to show that chapter who's boss, but cindyanne1 said it first. So I'll post this motivational speech instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuMv86Ov7-8

Awesome

[zepheera.livejournal.com]

Wow, I started reading back about when you posted chapter 3 originally, and I had (very reluctantly) given up on ever seeing you coming back to this amazing story, and then I just happen to click on a link to here on tvtropes and find you posting again!

I'm thrilled, and looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Welcome back!