Finally it is done, albeit a little differently than I had intended. But first things first:
And before you brush it off, let me elaborate.
To all my lovely readers, the ones who silently read and simply liked it, some of you hardly have any posts and yet give me a "like for every update despite not sending a pm whenever I update and to those who read and left such beautiful comments, I simply read them over and over again; they are what let me know that I should keep writing. The two words above, do sound quite inadequate but I hope they manage to convey my gratitude. Thank you for your encouragement.
As I have mentioned in the first post of this thread, the journey of this tale started with a tiny idea, germinating from the disastrous ML track and a single idea from another amnesia story that I had read (the nosebleed). From these points, the story began to build. It took me almost six months to prepare what I had then thought to be a "ready draft" and begin posting. I started this story in earnest only in November 2017. Unfortunately, I began to lose hope in my story writing skills (not sure if I had enough of it, in the first place) and literally threw a tantrum on these very threads. I am ashamed of my childish and petulant behaviour, which if I could I would remove that note. But I shall not do so, I needed that as a reminder not to be so hasty and also as a remembrance of the lovely people who responded to that note. Thank you for that support.
It was quite a depressing time for me, for I felt that there was no point in writing and posting the story. And despite the encouragement, it took some more time to truly discover what ever one was trying to tell me. It was after a couple of chapters, which considering the length of them, almost two months later that I had another idea, to split the story into two books. It was easy, the draft had been structured to have two parts of ten chapters each, with an 'interlude' to separate yet link the two parts. The moment I had the idea, I felt a relief coursing through me, for it basically reduced the stress I had and gave me a viable and achievable goal, I could finish one book. When I let the idea slip in, you, my readers, accepted it. Thank you for that acceptance.
And in the doing so, I rediscovered the joy of writing. A writer is primarily one who feels a joy in writing, there is something magical about the way the words can be strung to create paragraphs, paragraphs that turn to scenes and scenes which tell a story. It is quite thrilling to see the words translate to emotions and drama. This joy is what defines a writer. But then there is also the pleasure of being read, which is the reward for summoning the courage to the let the world read your words. Somewhere, while writing the first half of this story, I ended up relying more on the pleasure of being read rather than revel in the joy of writing. But now I have rediscovered the joy of writing, so much so that I have a teeny weeny though of making this a three book series. Do not worry, this story arc will end with book 2. Book 3, if I ever get the ideas and the strength to write it out, would cover the period before book 1 and the period after book 2 (pure fun from a writer perspective, research the past and imagine the future). Thank you for helping me discover myself.
Now for the moot question, when will I start posting book 2? Big question, as mentioned earlier, the outline is done, I would now have to ensure that all the subplots, character arch and story threads are carried out to book 2 without a break. I have also to put into a prologue (which should not be too difficult, seeing that in would be in similar lines to the prologue / epilogue of book 1, but still, it has to be written out) And it would not be fair to post the no-brainer prologue and give a long gap for Chapter 1. Book 2 would take time, for a few reasons. One I am tired, of writing and posting, though it will not stop me from writing out book 2, I want a break before I start posting it. Second, I have a number of updates for which I still have to comment, my friends have been very patient, but I should not abuse that patience. Thirdly, I am a little caught up with some personal commitments, which should ease up during mid-October, so writing chapters which are "post-worthy" is going to be a little difficult. And last but not the least, I have a few ideas for some other stories, which are haunting me, so not sure what to do with them but they add to the confusion. So I would have to request you guys to wait for some time and I hope you would wait. Thank you for the patience.
And will I have a new thread or continue on this thread? Good question. Since the next book is also of ten chapters and even if I write humongous ones, I would need a maximum of forty posts and a few additional ones. So on an optimistic basis; I would need around five pages. We are now on page 85 so even if I start from page 86, I would reserve till 90. Should be enough, right? But then there is some part of me which feels that a new book might deserve its own new thread. Not too sure, will let you know. I will be haunting this thread and forum, so do tell me what you think.
And once again to all my lovely readers:
lots of love,
Nyna
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