Status: Finally working again

My god this chapter took me much longer than I wanted it too. The summer classes have ended, giving me a few weeks of relaxation before I have to start worrying about fall classes. I decided, in my way, that I should start to do at least a chapter a day, ether writing or editing, since I have more than enough time now. If I want to be a stay at home writer I need to be able to produce that much. It’s really too bad that Timeless temporarily died in my eyes. I kept on returning to this chapter, which should have been fun and easy to write, to only distract myself endlessly with the nothing that the internet provides.

Even when I started to write, as I did yesterday, I grew distracted a million times leading me to finish this chapter today instead of yesterday as I wanted. I’d still like to do a chapter a day, I did last summer, so I know I can. Now those chapters are shorter and poorly written, but it was done. I realized that as a stay at home writer, if you write like you should, you should be able to write three chapters a day, meaning you could finish a thirty page story in 10 days. I want to be able to do that, someday. Three chapters is still a little to much for my writing muscles. I want to do at least a chapter though, I won’t promise I’ll get it done and even if I do, I can’t promise Timeless.

I’m working on editing Beasts too. I finished editing Chapter two, and I think I just completely rewrote most of the scenes. I changed a lot of stuff too. Stuff I’ll need to work back in. I realized I’ll be basically doing that for all the chapters most likely. Asher changed a lot during the course of the story, and while he grew it was mostly changes to his base, while Kaylee evolved with the story, Asher went from my original idea of a casual, happy go lucky kid to the bitter, depressed, angry, clingy man he is now. That’s a pretty big change for the beginning chapters. Since I need to make so many changes I realized I have to go back and outline Beasts as it is, so I can rewrite it but keep it basically on the same track. I enjoy the track it’s on, and realized I actually liked the almost rushed pairing of Asher and Kaylee, it suits them and the story. So right now I’m working on outlining Beasts by reading over the chapter and writing down summaries of the scenes.

It is kind of funny to work on Beasts and Timeless at the same time. Beasts is about a couple who get together too fast and have to fight themselves and the outside world to find the love between them. I mean I read over chapter 5 and Asher is complaining about his lack of sex, mentally of course. We’re at Chapter 10 in Timeless and still the characters are struggling with their own feelings enough to get together but the contrast is nice, and it’s also nice to realize that I can slow the relationship down, if it suits the characters.

Ether way, I should finish outlining today, I hope. (It takes time since I basically have to read over Beasts, but enjoy chapter 10, and I’m going to try to get Chapter 11 up faster, perhaps actually reach my goals of a chapter a day.

Status: Chapter 9 finish; Chapter 10 not started

Well Chapter 9 is real short. I’m aware that it’s almost 2000 words less than my average but I had a hard time writing it. I kept hitting road blocks and getting distracted. So I kinda just wanted it over with. I feel pretty happy with the end, though Jenny and Nebi’s relationship is giving me trouble. Though, to be fair, this is how I imagined them from the beginning, both wanting the same thing but unable to get it for reasons nether completely understands.

At least someone got to confess during the chapter. Akori isn’t as innocent as Nebi in the realms of emotional desires. Nebi is hard because he understands physical desires, and mental desires, both he gets without needing to ever try, but Jenny is the first person to make him want something emotionally and he doesn’t know how to get it.

Ether way, I have lots of stuff that needs to be done in the next chapter. I just need to decide what I want to do first, I think I have an idea of how I’d like to start. Sorry this entry is short too. I mostly wanted to commented on how I’m aware of how short the chapter is and I feel bad since it didn’t come out quickly or anything, but I’ll get working on Chapter 10 right away

Status: Chapter 8 Finished; Chapter 9 not started

Alright, so I didn’t post after my last chapter. I thought about it when I put it up, but I had nothing to say. I’ve been talking about this chapter, the one I just uploaded, for a long time. I thought it was going to come two chapters ago though. XD Ether way, I finally got to it and I dragged my feet a bit when it came to writing it. I had some problems getting a flow going, and I will admit. Once I get a lot of people in the scene at the same time I start to have problem. Especially with the two brothers where I felt I needed to say their names every other word just so people know who I was talking about. Well, it’s something I’ll work on as I write more, after all I can’t always have only two characters in a scene.

Ether way, I liked the end of the chapter. I love Najib’s little mental monologue. If Najib would make a very good Bond villain, I think he’d love to monologue, and he might do it later. He does love to celebrate before he realizes things. Ether way I was glad for it because this was something I wanted to explain for a while but had no idea when a good time too would be.

Not that anyone is commenting on Najib. Poor Najib, always pushed to the side to Nebi. Yeah, Nebi and Jenny are engaged, and they haven’t even kissed. XD I love doing things like this to my characters. Oh, I’d like to mention that Nebi and Jenny’s dancing around each other is annoying to me too. Last night I was writing and getting very frustrated that it wasn’t in character for ether of them to just kiss the other.

Still, Akori’s crush on Jenny is making Nebi jealous and that will propel him forward. Like it’s why they even danced. Poor Akori, he’s my butt monkey but I love him dearly. He’ll get his happy ending, we all do.

So anyway, I’ve been thinking about the ending more and I admit, I believe we have hit the halfway point. Things are getting clearer for me, I can see the end better and more how I’m going to reach it. I don’t know how much more I have to write (in Beasts I hit chapter 7, got worried I was half way done and it went one for 13 more chapters) but it’s really starting to solidify, and that’s always exciting.

I also have an idea for a non-magical story. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while since I’ve been doing a lot of magical emphases stories. I don’t know much about the characters yet, it’s another RP based one, but I don’t know if I want different characters or what yet. I also don’t know when I’m going to write it. Birds obviously has its start date and I don’t know when this story will end but I like the idea and want to save it.