My backlog and detailed outline ran out ages ago. These past few days, to keep the updates coming, I've basically been sleeping only six and a half hours a day and eating two meals. Not long after lying down, I'd wake with a start, get up to check whether there were any problems, then write whatever I could.
Although I still got the word count out, the lack of rest left my head swimming. Every day, after waking up and looking at the chapters I'd written late at night, I felt they were a bit rough and hadn't followed the emotional beats planned in the outline, so I had to go back and revise them. I revised chapters 96 and 97 again.
After all, figuring out the best way to handle the plot takes time to think. When my head is clear, I can get the heat just right, but after writing myself into a daze, it's hard to judge the right balance. I'm just pushing the plot along without a shred of feeling.
So I'll still take tomorrow off, finish the detailed outline for the next volume, then start writing. or2!
Though the price is pretty steep, and I'm sure to drop down the monthly ticket rankings, I can't repeat my old mistakes: having no idea today what tomorrow's plot will be, then gritting my teeth and padding things out just to update. So I hope you big shots will understand. or2.
Although the book has only been out for two months, I, A Guan, have actually been working on the new book for a year.
I started developing the setting for the new book last April. I originally wanted to write a new book where I could let myself run wild, but I hadn't built up enough to