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Interesting thing, getting to know your characters better. It can have a radical effect on things you'd previously written.
Case in point is chapter 12 and the introduction of Frannie. This was originally written with a slightly different interpretation of who Frannie is, and knowing this I went forwards in time to write a 'next time' chapter to get to know her better as my idea of who she was became more sophisticated.
So now I find when going back to chapter 12 that Frannie as written back than as a first draft is rather undercooked in terms of who I now know her to be.
The consequence of this is that Chapter 12 will be broken into two, or possibly three chapter-ettes as right now part 1 is clocking in at 30,000 words, part 2 at 13,500, and I still have a bunch of rewriting to do before I'm and the proof'n'publish stage. This will only increase the word count as I get more into the emotional impact of what happens.
Meantime all I can say is that it won't be too long, and when this 'chapter' begins to drop, so too does the increase in the pace of adventures of Jim and Lia.
Neen
A little shorter this time, some jokes, some foreshadowing for future developments, and something to tide things over as I knuckle down with the next installment which is probably going to be broken in half as it's a monster.
Neen
Queued up and waiting to publish, chapter 10 of Lia's and Jim's adventures sees them get a little more into the photo shoots, and includes three of the five food groups, or that's what Lia claimed.
Still tidying up things a little in terms of re-arranging chapter sequencing for better progression, I got into drafting a chapter today for a little way ahead. I went in with some very definite ideas where I was supposed to be taking things, a stepping stone from one story moment to the next.
My subconscious, however, had some other ideas, blindsiding me with a couple of character steps I had not planned for, one of which so affected me that I had to step away from the keyboard for a while.
Damn Lia is deeper and more complex than I ever imagined her to be. Forget Jim, it seems like I'm in for a hell of a ride as this story continues.
Neen
For those wondering when and what comes next, I've been busy reviewing forthcoming chapters, writing new chapters, and rearranging the order of things a little to make certain developments flow at a slightly more measured pace.
I should be done with this process by the end of the week, whereafter I get working on final edits for the next chapter.
Neen
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