Chapter 28
One more done!
This one took me a while. The holidays really interrupted what I was trying to accomplish. I spent seven days with my parents and with all of the eating and drinking and games to watch on the television... well... I didn't make the time to finish much there.
My mother did, however, sneak a peek at the chapter I was writing one day when I wasn't at the computer. I had to laugh. She's been pressing me for chapters for months now and I've told her no.
She'll be my first reader. I know she'll like it. That will help with my self esteem!
Chapter 27 went exactly the way I thought it would. It was great fun to write. It moved the story forward more directly into the climax as well as set up a major plot thread in The Splintered King. I had to do a bit of research to complete it the right way, however, and that research took time but it also led to a name I've needed for the entire book and simply hadn't found yet. Even research can continue after being well into a book.
As the word count stands:
Chapter 29 is another Bran chapter—and the beginning of battles. Plural. Lots of carnage and mayhem and hopefully a few surprises. I'll start outlining it tomorrow.
So. Getting close! I can't believe it. I see the end. It drives me onward, to the point where I'm not sleeping very well at the moment; I have the last remnants of the story wanting to be free of me and they won't leave me in peace for eight hours. Once I exorcise this demon child from me, maybe I'll be able to relax for a couple of weeks?
This one took me a while. The holidays really interrupted what I was trying to accomplish. I spent seven days with my parents and with all of the eating and drinking and games to watch on the television... well... I didn't make the time to finish much there.
My mother did, however, sneak a peek at the chapter I was writing one day when I wasn't at the computer. I had to laugh. She's been pressing me for chapters for months now and I've told her no.
She'll be my first reader. I know she'll like it. That will help with my self esteem!
Chapter 27 went exactly the way I thought it would. It was great fun to write. It moved the story forward more directly into the climax as well as set up a major plot thread in The Splintered King. I had to do a bit of research to complete it the right way, however, and that research took time but it also led to a name I've needed for the entire book and simply hadn't found yet. Even research can continue after being well into a book.
As the word count stands:
| Prologue: 3045 Chapter 1: 4075 Chapter 2: 2973 Chapter 3: 3241 Chapter 4: 4144 Chapter 5: 4547 Chapter 6: 2793 Chapter 7: 3598 Chapter 8: 4939 Chapter 9: 4257 Interlude: 2372 Chapter 10: 3346 Chapter 11: 3185 Chapter 12: 3639 Chapter 13: 4878 Chapter 14: 4562 Chapter 15: 3840 Chapter 16: 3984 | Chapter 17: 5441 Chapter 18: 4725 Chapter 19: 5651 Interlude: 3687 Chapter 20: 4122 Chapter 21: 4537 Chapter 22: 4220 Chapter 23: 4275 Chapter 24: 4468 Chapter 25: 5046 Chapter 26: 5458 Chapter 27: 3715 Chapter 28: 4838 Chapter 29: Chapter 30: Chapter 31: Chapter 32: Epilogue: |
Chapter 29 is another Bran chapter—and the beginning of battles. Plural. Lots of carnage and mayhem and hopefully a few surprises. I'll start outlining it tomorrow.
So. Getting close! I can't believe it. I see the end. It drives me onward, to the point where I'm not sleeping very well at the moment; I have the last remnants of the story wanting to be free of me and they won't leave me in peace for eight hours. Once I exorcise this demon child from me, maybe I'll be able to relax for a couple of weeks?
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