Monday, April 19, 2010

Hard, Easy, and Perfunctory

Chapter Four took a week to integrate. There were so many changes to make, so many gaps to fill in. So many parts where I had written [and then Keeler does something] that I had to write in. Also, there's a character who originally wasn't introduced until later who was moved forward and consolidated with another character, which I thought helped keep the cast compact and less confusing and also plants the seeds for a romance with Keeler up front.

Chapter Five just took a day because it was pretty self-contained to begin with. But I worry that both these chapters and the book as a whole are coming off as rushed and perfunctory... which is ironic because Book 10 has taken longer to write than any book in the series except book one.