When I started posting my first original story a few years ago, I did not know what I really thought I could get out of it. I guess the biggest thing I got back was the euphoric feeling of realizing people are becoming emotionally involved with the world I have created. They want to know what happens next. Well, tell you what guys, so do I!
A popular question I get is "How many chapters do you think this story is going to reach? I don't want to start it and then have the story fall into the unfinished category."
Well, guess what neither do I! I am writing this as I go. While I have a strong outline I am following, I get to fill in the details and day-to-day occurrences to power the story along. That there is the fun part. If I do my job and follow the outline, the story will finish and hopefully tie up any and all loose ends.
Just a sec. Why am I writing this blog post? Oh yeah, now I remember.
When I started writing this story I used to give myself a deadline. Coming from the world of journalism, it just seemed natural. Also I knew that deep down I was a procrastinator and would find reason after reason to not write much more often than to write. I guess statements like that are why people ask me whether it's safe to start reading a story they will actually see finished some day. Anyways, the deadline was 10,000 downloads per chapter before the next chapter would go up. That eventually morphed into when 10,000 downloads hit, I'd start writing the next chapter.
At the beginning, the story would plod along and eventually after a month or so, the deadline would hit and I'd post the next chapter. The next chapter would come up quicker and so on until we have what we have now.
It took one day. IT TOOK ONE DAY! It took one day for the chapter to reach 10,000 downloads!
Wow! One damn day!
It's now things like this that compel me to continue writing story. I have also decided, I will take a tip from G Younger. I'm gonna cut the story off at, well at least, single high school years. Rather than one huge story that before it finished would resemble Spacer X's Six Times a Day or maybe Ascending Author's Deja Vu Ascendancy.
G Younger's Magnum Opus Stupid Boy has split each grade into two different books. Makes the story a little easier to keep up with and since he is now selling them on Amazon, he can make a little more cash. I believe I can do this as well, maybe not with Mayhem, but maybe another of the stories running around in my head chasing MILF porn stars.
So I will collect up this story and end this first book when he graduates to the next grade. The next book will begin with Mayhem during the summer before 10th grade. I do know one thing for sure, Mayhem will not be modeling of becoming a Hollywood star because G Younger is writing the shit out of that! Hell! I have not even decided if Mayhem would do another sport.
Good grief! 10,000 downloads in one day.
I am humbled and to let everyone know I stayed up all night writing the next chapter and with it creeping up on 7 a.m. here in San Antonio. I think it is almost time for me to try and get some sleep. Who am I kidding! Won't be the hard at all.
10,000. Damn. Thank you SOL!