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This started out as part of a response to a comment, then I decided it was turning into an entry in its own right. Who, me, write something that turns out longer than I originally intended? Never! (This is not something new. I always had to worry more about exceeding paper length limits in college than the reverse.)
Originally, I had been envisioning AGL as a fairly straightforward love story, but as I was writing the early chapters, I got really interested in Auron's friendship/rivalry with Kinoc. So now it's as much about his relationships with other people as it is about his romance with Arelle -- Kinoc and Kal, Braska and Jecht, his sister to a lesser extent, possibly Tidus when we get that far. (There are so many good stories covering the Zanarkand years, though, that I doubt I will spend much time on them.) Those will be tied back to Liss's story also, as much as I can. That's why I brought Kal into the future and created Sam to be a connection between him and Liss. (Although it's also because I like Kal and couldn't bear to give him up! He may actually be my favorite of the original characters, other than Liss of course.)
I had a brainwave on Ch. 22 last night, and it is almost done. But I don't think I'll have time to polish it enough to make it postable before I take off on my trip; the center section is really rough. Look for it early next week, I hope.
Originally, I had been envisioning AGL as a fairly straightforward love story, but as I was writing the early chapters, I got really interested in Auron's friendship/rivalry with Kinoc. So now it's as much about his relationships with other people as it is about his romance with Arelle -- Kinoc and Kal, Braska and Jecht, his sister to a lesser extent, possibly Tidus when we get that far. (There are so many good stories covering the Zanarkand years, though, that I doubt I will spend much time on them.) Those will be tied back to Liss's story also, as much as I can. That's why I brought Kal into the future and created Sam to be a connection between him and Liss. (Although it's also because I like Kal and couldn't bear to give him up! He may actually be my favorite of the original characters, other than Liss of course.)
I had a brainwave on Ch. 22 last night, and it is almost done. But I don't think I'll have time to polish it enough to make it postable before I take off on my trip; the center section is really rough. Look for it early next week, I hope.
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I think AGL 22 just needs some tweaking, and 23 is basically finished as well (actually I wrote that one first and have been dying to get to it, it's a real hum-dinger), but I'm getting on a plane in 5 hours, so it probably won't be finished until I get back.
BTW, I'm reading "A Mentor..." and enjoying it. I avoided it at first because I'm not much into Aurikku, but I decided to give it a chance based on liking your other work. The fact that you brought him back as a young man makes that aspect work much better for me. I have thoughts on a more detailed review and I will post it when they are better organized. But keep it up, you definitely have promise as a writer! :)