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ellenmillionTorn World is starting the big south meets north storyline up! You can watch the community without joining as a member, and I probably won't remember to point you over there every time I update it... and it REALLY would mean a lot to me if you watch this bit. This release is meant to be a little more accessible and engaging than the scattershot updates Torn World has seen in the past and are a good point to start watching. The first post is here: http://torn-world.livejournal.com/135790.html
Right now, I'm planning to update Mondays, and MAY also add Fridays, but I'm nervous I won't be able to meet that schedule once I run out of buffer. Particularly since I started reworking one of the stories in the queue and realized that OH! The previous three sections are completely mis-cast. I've already re-cast them once, but I saw some writing advice (not aimed at me, but exceedingly valid for my work...) cautioning about introducing too many named people to a new reader, and it's had the wheels in my head turning ever since. I'm glad I caught this NOW, not after I had these sections printed, and the whole series will be stronger for not introducing a bunch of people that have NOTHING to do with the storyline in the future. (Also, I completely NEGLECT introducing an important character.) I feel like a bit of a dork for not catching this sooner. Ah, well.
Have a baby photo:
She's stirring now, time to braid my hair and be Mom.
Right now, I'm planning to update Mondays, and MAY also add Fridays, but I'm nervous I won't be able to meet that schedule once I run out of buffer. Particularly since I started reworking one of the stories in the queue and realized that OH! The previous three sections are completely mis-cast. I've already re-cast them once, but I saw some writing advice (not aimed at me, but exceedingly valid for my work...) cautioning about introducing too many named people to a new reader, and it's had the wheels in my head turning ever since. I'm glad I caught this NOW, not after I had these sections printed, and the whole series will be stronger for not introducing a bunch of people that have NOTHING to do with the storyline in the future. (Also, I completely NEGLECT introducing an important character.) I feel like a bit of a dork for not catching this sooner. Ah, well.
Have a baby photo:
She's stirring now, time to braid my hair and be Mom.
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Date: 2013-02-05 12:46 am (UTC)When I think of how many characters I have in my stories, I shake my head... I am not surprised you forgot to introduce a character, I recall reading that Margaret Weis forgot to write one character into some scenes of Dragonlance because she forgot about him! I think she said he was boring! XD
Do you ever read a book and go, "Oh my gosh, this is how I write (plot lines at least)!" A lot of Mercedes Lackey stuff has me going like that. I just finished The Mage Storms Trilogy, and I can't help but think everything is just...wrapped up too neatly and everything turned out too neat...But, with that said, at least there wasn't so much of the Emo teenager/person in there. I really liked those when I was an emo teen myself, but after a few stories like that it gets a bit old, "Ok,kid misunderstood by family, this means a Companion will come along, and then the person will be accepted into a new place by accepting people, and then the kid will be discovered to have Super Duper Powers, that everyone though was just a myth..."
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