Pocket Diary #9

I seem to have weathered the storm. The stomach virus that had me call in sick for the 3rd time in the last 20 years, (yeah, I'm a mature S.O.B., but not when it comes to my AVN:-) is now beat. I still feel a little weak as all food and liquids were purged...involuntarily.

It seems that the last chapter was fairly well received, which makes me happy. You may recall that I was having a bit of an existential crisis regarding the chapter vs the time spent. Which segues nicely into what is on my mind currently. No, not the crisis part, but the time spent. During the process, some 3 years now, I have gotten comments about faster turnaround. I never paid much attention to that, since I didn't really like the idea of shorter chapter when there wasn't much to the game in the first place. Now, however, I am considering breaking the final 4 chapters into slightly smaller chunks. I'm not going to poll this as it will have to be my decision, but if you want to comment below, I will take your thought into consideration.

I'm leaving on a short trip back home to visit with friends and family tomorrow, and I think I will map the rest of the scenes for the case during that time. That way I can see if I can plan shorter chapters with natural breaks. From my perspective, it makes sense for promotional reasons and maybe take some of the stress out of the equation (this remains to be proven true). Regardless, I am moving forward. The work done on the scene structure will be good regardless, and I can start writing in earnest. It will probably take me a few weeks to finish the next chapter's writing, but as soon as I get back, I will have enough to start rendering.

That pretty much does it for now. Sunday will be the public release.

Cheers!