Entering the Last Leg of the First Elizabeth Story
...the next book's biggest tale is nearing completion
Before the weekend, I didn’t have a big enough update to write a whole post, so I posted a note/tweet/Discord comment that stated:
The big ass Elizabeth story has reached its finale in the writing process. There's not much left. As it is the main story in an anthology, I'm comparing it to the main story in Eyes in All Shadows, as far as length and general format. This one is already going to be bigger. Not hugely so, but there's a lot in the story and I haven't done the big re-read and beefing up the scenes part yet.
My plan over the weekend was to write the finale or to at least get close to the end of the story. However, after spending more than a month prepping for a big move, then moving, and then dealing with settling in and doing the end of move bullshit, I couldn’t get myself to do anything on Saturday or Sunday other than resting. Granted, I went to my new neighborhood cigar bar, the hardware store, and explored some new eating spots. Other than that, I monged out at home, playing Ender Lilies on PS4 and started reading the Goblin Slayer manga.
So, needless to say, I didn’t gain any traction, but I also feel much better having done nothing all that productive. I just needed to relax.
Being where I’m at in the story, however, I think that I am going to spend the time this week, rereading and editing. This will also allow me to beef things up and make the overall tale more coherent and tighter. This way, when I sit down to bang out the final few chapters, everything will be fine tuned.
Realistically, I think that I can get this done before the upcoming weekend. So, as long as life doesn’t throw a curveball at me, I can potentially have the story finished within a week. Granted, I’ll still have to do another proofreading and editing session.
This will bring the anthology to two stories out of the six I have planned. However, I may cut one or two of those and actually switch gears, adding in something else. Regardless, the biggest story, the Elizabeth one, will be out of the way and the remaining stories should be written fairly quickly.
As always, I will keep you posted on what’s happening.