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mark12_30 · 05-19-2003, 03:17 PM

Niluial, if your question is intended to mean, 'have you written something long enough to be a book and finished it,' my answer is 'Yes' for The Fairy Wife, and 'Almost' for Bolco.

I started out thinking that The Fairy Wife could be done in about ten chapters; it ended up being 24, but at least it's done. It was hard to finish (although not quite as hard as killing off some of the charaters-- that took weeks, before I could face it.)

But finishing Bolco's story is far harder; I've been saying "gotta finish Bolco's story" for two years now! The problem is, once you make friends with a character, when you finish the book it's almost like saying goodbye. Not easy.

The other side of it is, if you "discover" a story instead of actively "inventing" it, then you have to let that process go along at its own pace...

05-19-2003, 03:17 PM	#11
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Niluial, if your question is intended to mean, 'have you written something long enough to be a book and finished it,' my answer is 'Yes' for The Fairy Wife, and 'Almost' for Bolco. I started out thinking that The Fairy Wife could be done in about ten chapters; it ended up being 24, but at least it's done. It was hard to finish (although not quite as hard as killing off some of the charaters-- that took weeks, before I could face it.) But finishing Bolco's story is far harder; I've been saying "gotta finish Bolco's story" for two years now! The problem is, once you make friends with a character, when you finish the book it's almost like saying goodbye. Not easy. The other side of it is, if you "discover" a story instead of actively "inventing" it, then you have to let that process go along at its own pace... __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.