belated posting announcement

[owlmoose]

I had enough energy last night to finish Chapter 34 and post it, but not enough to tell the world that I had done so. So those of you who care have probably read it already, but I wanted to mention it here anyway, for completeness sake.

The chapter is insanely long, about 500 words more than any other chapter in the story (and that's after I cut several hundred words -- no cutting for the sake of cutting, I found many places where it genuinely needed tightening). Most of the chapters are between 3000 and 3500; this one is over 4500. The chapter bears it, I don't find it particularly bloated, but it's not what I was expecting it to be when I planned it. Funny how that happens.

I haven't started the next chapter yet; I want to play through a bit of the game first. I hope to get the chance tonight, we'll see.

Comments

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[kunstarniki.livejournal.com]

If it means anything, I did not find the chapter long. In fact, I have been meaning to ask you why you were worried. It read so quickly and smoothly, I was finished long before I wanted to be and am left wishing it were double the length.

You accomplished many of your intentions here, I think. Your interpretation of canonical material is, as usual, spot on - both reminding your reader of what is in the game and offering fresh insight into the meaning of incidents. It is, to my mind, one of the finest chapters in the work. So there!!

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[kunstarniki.livejournal.com]

Technical question on which I would appreciate your insight.

I am writing about the coeurl, Nepetu, and am changing the pronoun form in the paragraph from the 'his' to 'its' in order to reflect a change in condition. Does that sound legitimate to you? In order to clarify, I am using 'his' in the first part of the paragraph and 'its' later in the same paragraph. G-d, I am so inarticulate today!

[yuna-flowering.livejournal.com]

It didn't seem unbearably long to me. my chapters have been all over the place in terms of length. It just kind of depends- sometimes the story has a mind of its own :)