busy-ness

[owlmoose]

So on top of all my other projects, I seem to have a complete draft of AGL 35. I got a windfall yesterday evening: the house to myself. T was working late, so I took advantage of the solitude to get some work done. First I played through a section of the game a couple of times -- once with pen and paper in hand to make notes, once just soaking it all in -- and then I ran up to the computer to translate the experience into words. I've spent much of this evening editing, and I think it's almost ready. Just needs to marinate overnightm, another editing pass, and it's done. It might even go up tomorrow.

I'm getting into an odd area here, since I'm mostly re-writing canon from a secondary character's point of view. Everywhere else I've been able to work in original scenes here and there, but this particular chapter doesn't really have space for that. I hope it doesn't end up being dull, just going over these bits that everyone already knows.

So I had this idea that AGL was shaping up be forty chapters. I can tell you right now, it's going to be more than that. How much more I don't know. But more, for sure. Well, it will take what it takes. I've long since given up worrying about that.

Comments

[angeltaisha.livejournal.com]

That's really great! I love having the house to myself to write. One gets a lot done then!

[yuna-flowering.livejournal.com]

I Definitely get some of my best stuff done when I'm alone. And don't worry about AGL being too long- I, for one, will be sad to see it end.

Quote: "Too many goodbyes, and people think twice about leaving"

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[kunstarniki.livejournal.com]

It is good to hear that all the external pressures are still leaving you a sliver of time in which to work on your prose. I shall say to you what you have said to me: "The story will dictate its length. Some want to be longer than others." You know we must listen to the story as well as to the Muse. The instant we start writing to our less demanding critics or readers is the moment we become hacks. I believe you would rather write solely for yourself than to suffer that fate. In the stillness of the night, it is that internal critic with whom we must lie and if we have been untrue to that one, our sleep should be unsettled. Carry on, I am eager to see where you lead.

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[kunstarniki.livejournal.com]

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