Wwwwwweeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllllllllllllllll, isn't that the million dollar question.
A few weeks back, I though that I was a scene or two from being halfway over, and I felt that the second half was really well-plotted.
BUT I talked with danchekker, and realized that, well, the story just didn't really have an overarching, thematic unity. Instead, I had a bunch of awesome scenes, and some vague promise that Hope was going to succeed and make the future better. BUT the way I had it plotted 1) the reader had very little invested in the "final" universe, where Hope succeeds and EVERYTHING IS AWESOME, and 2) Lightning was almost completely absent, which, you know, given that this story is in-part a vehicle to ship the two, that was sorta a problem.
So I went back to the drawing board, and decided I'd make a framework story -- where Hope and Lightning meet at the beginning of the story, in what maybe the final universe, and as the story advances, we move between Hope and Lightning, who are figuring out their relationship, and all the pasts Hope has visited to make the present he's currently experiencing possible.
So let's see... I've got somewhere in the vicinity of 4000 words I'm happy with. I suspect it'll be around 10000, or more. In a week and a day, I'm going to dan's cabin, and we're going to FAN FICTION IT UP. So maybe it'll be done then?
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Date: 2011-08-04 10:43 pm (UTC)A few weeks back, I though that I was a scene or two from being halfway over, and I felt that the second half was really well-plotted.
BUT I talked with
So I went back to the drawing board, and decided I'd make a framework story -- where Hope and Lightning meet at the beginning of the story, in what maybe the final universe, and as the story advances, we move between Hope and Lightning, who are figuring out their relationship, and all the pasts Hope has visited to make the present he's currently experiencing possible.
So let's see... I've got somewhere in the vicinity of 4000 words I'm happy with. I suspect it'll be around 10000, or more. In a week and a day, I'm going to dan's cabin, and we're going to FAN FICTION IT UP. So maybe it'll be done then?