Story Behind the Story

What's On Deck and the Story Behind the Story: Chapter 35

What's on deck:

We have a lot of points stories to get through and I'm having trouble getting a chapter out on Thursdays. And unless you guys start giving me enough money for a regular housekeeper (and no, my perfume budget would not cover a housekeeper), it's going to stay that way.

Story Behind the Story

Submitted by MeiLin on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 9:39am

The story behind the story: Chapter 32

There are times when I sit down and I have no idea what I'm going to do. I know where I'm going, but the route is completely unclear. I have a notes file, just a document where I put all the things I think might be useful in the story--ideas for names, scenes that come to mind and so on. I pulled on some of that for this chapter, but didn't have Macca's story completely in mind until just hours before I posted the finished chapter.

Story Behind the Story

Submitted by MeiLin on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 11:08am

The story behind the story: Chapter 26

Chapter 26, you nearly ended me. I had about half a page written. I didn't like it, but I had so little time left. I showed it to A and she essentially said, yeah, pretty much sucks. In conversation with her I found where I wanted to go with it, and it took me four more attempts to get my feet under me and find the path through the chapter. So here's to A, without whom the chapter wouldn't have gotten written.