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jon_chaisson) wrote2009-11-15 07:35 pm
jon_chaisson) wrote2009-11-15 07:35 pm
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[eden cycle] Home stretch!
Reached 1193 words today over the course of a four hours (sidetracked by football and Holmes on Homes, of course), but Chapter 36 is DONE. I'm quite happy with this chapter--I feel it's some of the best work I've done in a long time. Sure, that isn't hard to believe, considering my last serious work was done quite some time ago, but still...I really like how this one worked out.
The next scene's going to be a tough one, though...I could have multi-POV in one chapter on this, or I could continue with the change of POV per chapter and draw out the ending LotR-style (sort of), but it's going to need a lot of POV nontheless. What happens next directly affects a goodly amount of characters of all tiers, and I don't want to leave anyone out, at least not in the first draft. Keep in mind, this isn't a post-climactic "this is what happened to everyone" ending--this whole passage is the climax of the novel and the trilogy itself, and this is what it all led up to, and it's not just affecting the main characters. And it's not just internal change, either.
This may take some time, but I'm hoping this will turn out great.
Also--still need to expand on Chapter 34. Major scene with D'kami/Saishourenzyoushu, and at five pages and only 1500-plus words, it seems a bit short. I may move it to post-Chapter 36, as I think it might flow a little better there...but we'll see.
Either way...I'm thinking right now, it's time for me to use the old standby for mapping out what I want to do--some scrap paper at work, frantically jotting down notes of where I want everything to go. May take a day or so, but I'm sure I can come up with something by then! Definitely looking forward to this...it'll be just like old times again... :)
The next scene's going to be a tough one, though...I could have multi-POV in one chapter on this, or I could continue with the change of POV per chapter and draw out the ending LotR-style (sort of), but it's going to need a lot of POV nontheless. What happens next directly affects a goodly amount of characters of all tiers, and I don't want to leave anyone out, at least not in the first draft. Keep in mind, this isn't a post-climactic "this is what happened to everyone" ending--this whole passage is the climax of the novel and the trilogy itself, and this is what it all led up to, and it's not just affecting the main characters. And it's not just internal change, either.
This may take some time, but I'm hoping this will turn out great.
Also--still need to expand on Chapter 34. Major scene with D'kami/Saishourenzyoushu, and at five pages and only 1500-plus words, it seems a bit short. I may move it to post-Chapter 36, as I think it might flow a little better there...but we'll see.
Either way...I'm thinking right now, it's time for me to use the old standby for mapping out what I want to do--some scrap paper at work, frantically jotting down notes of where I want everything to go. May take a day or so, but I'm sure I can come up with something by then! Definitely looking forward to this...it'll be just like old times again... :)