10/10/2009: About Chapter 51
(Chapter 50 is up, if you missed it.)The thing with chapter 51 is that I don't yet quite know what is going to happen in it. I know what needs to happen in it, but I have actually yet to figure out entirely how to go about making that happen. There's a relatively small gap to bridge, and I've had some rough ideas, but I still need to refine and recheck those ideas to make sure they make sense and are consistent with the rest of the story and fully think up how to implement the scenario I end up with.
I haven't had to do this while actually writing a chapter of the ILCOE in a very, very long time - the first thirty chapters of it were mostly refining the presentation of stuff that was already in the UMR, and while I was doing that I thought up most of the details of what would happen in the chapters from there through, well, where we are now. At first I thought I would have this situation with chapter 39, but then I ended up making that the plot recap chapter it is. (Funnily enough, what is going to happen in chapter 51 is something I have been planning for a while with no particular idea of exactly where in the story I was going to put it, and I briefly considered putting it in chapter 39 before I thought of the plot-recap thing, but that is still not the reason I thought I would have to do real-time plotting for chapter 39, since the problem right now concerns special circumstances that apply now but not then.)
None of this probably makes any sense to you. Sorry. I'm just rambling. Long story short, it could be a little while before I can actually properly start chapter 51, since I need to do some brainstorming.
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Comments
Pure Umbreon (10/10/2009 04:19:01)
Completely understood. Please take all the time you need, especially given the fact you wrote two chapters within a relatively short amount of time.
I am curious as to what this "situation" is about though… =D
InnerDemon (10/11/2009 03:48:00)
Blah! You got me again Pure Umbreon. Never fear! Next time. Anyways, go Butterfree! As Umbreon said, take all the time needed to make this chapter like awesomely perfect. :]
ShadowDusk (10/19/2009 20:37:53)
I'm glad chapter 50 is up and I agree with pure umbreon as well.