So some of you may have noticed I
haven't been posting to Beat by Beat Serials for the past two weeks.
That is not accidental and is not an indication that I have lost
interest. It is an indication, however, that only one of the stories
is really working for me (Singers) and I'm not quite sure how I want
to proceed.
Nemo and Fog just are not gelling. The
characters aren't, at least, and that's critical for me. Nemo is
based on a character from one of the tabletop RPGs I play (Champions,
to be specific), and is really not suited to this format as I
currently have him/her/it set up. I need to re-think the whole thing
and re-approach.
But that leaves the question of what,
exactly, am I going to do with the Wednesday and Friday spots. I
have ideas for other stories, but I'm no more certain of them, and I
don't want the whole thing to become a revolving door kind of thing
where I just start various stories until I get bored with them. The
whole purpose is to develop discipline.
However, there is a point at which the
story must be put away for a while. That is perfectly legitimate.
Many writers have projects they work on from time to time, hoping
that they will find the key that turns the story. I hope that I will
with Nemo and Fog, but haven't got them at this time.
So Singers will be coming back, and I
may just tell it two or three days a week, or I may do something else
with Wednesdays and Fridays. Experimentation is the key here, and I”
m going to do what I can to find a way to make this format and this
style work for me.
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