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So, finally an update after this incredibly slow re-start. Today I've reached a milestone, namely I finished writing one of the protagonists' backstory (the other doesn't have one :P ), which will be presented in the book in the form of four interspersed preludes that gradually reveal how they ...

Looking at when was my final update, I feel quite disheartened. For the past month I've struggled with the re-write of Part I of the novel, and this taxed my creative stamina and motivation heavily. I reached right up the Chapter 8, and it's been hell. That's when I decided to screw it, jump ...

Тия дни се навършва почти един месец откакто не съм работил по настоящата си книга. Един месец, откакто не съм писал. (Добре де, това второто не е баш вярно, но така се губи акцентът. :x ) Това, предвид житейските ми планове, не се отразява никак добре на психиката ми. Не помага и фактът, че вече се ...

Sooo, things are turning for the... well, they get in some direction - but what exactly, I cannot say. Today I again experienced a hard crash writing/creative-wise, and as I was sorting out the predicament in my head, I had a strange revelation -- that the book is actually complete , and its merely ...

I am officially calling it off. Changed the title to reflect the fact.

I don't have the strength to do this alone. Not yet. Maybe not even in the future.

Now... I must see how I'm supposed to continue with life.

Damn if this isn't my biggest failure to date.

А. Схванах. Е, в случая моята вътрешноличностна хипербола е направила тоя grind в комуникацията. За мен "суров текст" се води следната дефиниция - 1) минал съм базова коректура, замазал съм очевидните пробойни/слабости в сюжета и съм доволен на лично ниво как се чете творбата, 2) Възможно е на по-къс ...

ДААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААА!!! (Capslock-а залепна, секунда моля...) THE CELESTIAL WAY is finally finished. The long, arduous journey is at last complete. I have endured until the very end. I am so happy. There were time ...

And we're off to Nanorimo again!

Starting Chapter 10 tomorrow (actually, later today), and moving on to Part II of Ascension War!

Here's to victory over oneself and to creative writing!

After seventeen grueling days, filled with... all kinds of stuff - but also with much misery - I have finally finished Chapter 10.

It clocked at just about 10k words, epigraph included.

Fourth Interlude is next. Hopefully I'll get the emotional impact there right.

To my continuous chagrin, I've found out for myself that I'm one of the "slow" writers. At least when I'm faced with the grandest enemy of any artistic person - silence. It's possible that "my style" may change when I accumulate enough experience/skill one day, or even if merely my current life ...

Моля, моля. :) Радвам се, че това псевдо-изливане* на творческата ми душа ти е от помощ. Сега ще трябва да погледна назад постовете и да видя колко точно съм хленчил по този вече три (четири) годишен казус. :D (Моята педантичност често ме кара да бера срам дори тогава, когато според други няма нужда ...

After two weeks of hard work and, finally, some nascent signs of discipline, I completed writing Chapter 14. It's the longest chapter to date in the book, coming just over 16 000 words (Using MS Word's "word count" feature). For comparison, the previous longest chapter (after the rewrite), Chapter 8 ...

Ами то аз не че баш прескачам, по-скоро ако усетя, че се "бълтая" (тая дума за пръв път я употребявам писмено) спрямо дадена сцена, активирам в действие този принцип: #5: Simplify. Focus. Combine characters. Hop over detours. You'll feel like you're losing valuable stuff but it sets you free. Взето о ...

Unforeseen consequences. Half-Life gave that phrase legendary status. In my case, yep, those follow-up ontological ramifications definitely came out of nowhere. And they hit me like a gamma-ray burst . Five days without a single sentence written. Thankfully, I'm better now. If I could grope for a ...

Непрекъснато се самоизтезавам дали историята е достатъчно добра, дали имам таланта/опита да я разкажа добре. Обожавам всичките си герои, смятам, че историята е готина (ако успея да я разкажа добре). Тип история е, която аз самата харесвам да чета - обожавам survival истории и истории в които героите ...

Finished Chapter 15 on Monday. Had to apply a giant placeholder at the highpoint of the chapter itself. Because I have no idea how to start a philosophical discussion from zero. Like, I can't figure out how to escalate things to get the dialog "in the zone" and make some important exposition be an ...

Feeling kinda low on motivation again. :| Got sick for the second time within a month. Combo was lack of sleep + mountain trip (volatile weather) + trpg session the next day (lots of talking since GM) . The result - brutal coughing fits + yet more lack of sleep. Combine with a cooler weather in ...

Finished Chapter 24. Eight thousand words. Preposterous. At least it's readable and coherent, so: Mug-meme-close-enough.jpg Starting Chapter 25 tomorrow. The rest of this post's content is to circumvent this forum's anti-shortness policy. Chapter 25 should finally clear the last remaining headaches ...

So yesterday (or rather, very early this morning) I finally completed PART II. The Fifth Interlude surprised me a bit both in terms of length and narrative direction. I ended up incorporating some chunks from main antagonist's backstory file almost wholesale, but they sounded very appropriate and ...

I decided to drop the current sub-title to The Celestial Way *. It simply doesn't mesh anymore with the story that's shaping up to this moment. Sure, there's war, and it's pretty terrible, and also the motivation of the main antagonist is to achieve a higher state of existence for him and for ...

Dammit. Remember kids, whenever you think it's gonna be smooth sailing from now on, there's always an armada behind the horizon waiting to blast your tiny sailboat via orbital bombardment. In my case, I thought, "Gee, my life is finally getting somewhere", and suddenly it wasn't. If this unending ...

Chapter 19 is done. I also plugged the dangling scene in Chapter 18, although its bits are still floating in only semi-coherent manner. Both chapters turned out a little shaky, but that shouldn't be a problem if the next couple of chapters come out solid enough. The good news is the story and ...

So, after a very stilted, frustratingly nerve-wracking start-stop manner of intermittent writing, Chapter 20 is finally complete. Hmph, "Clearing Ways" indeed. At least, I think my writer's block is finally over. Six more chapters, three interludes, and one epilogue to go! Also, I've been actually ...

При мен със "Звездният път" имаше един подобен период през септември 2018-а - бях изпаднал в поредния шок "Ой, т'ва никога не ще го напиша" (както се вижда в другата тема :D ) и след разговор с Кал, който ме надъха да не се отказвам, реших да си дам почивка от книгата и вместо това да рехабилитирам ...

NANI!? What's this!? A person has offered to be an alpha reader??? C'est impossible!!! Joke aside, I am, indeed, highly surprised - given how I've been on a quest of sorts for the past three years to gather alphas, and had no luck to this point. Granted, my social contacts are quite low in number ...

Sixth Interlude and Chapter 21 are done. From this point on, everything starts to ramp up toward the final showdown - even though there's still a few key philosophical and character-defining points be made even in the midst of the action. :) Five chapters, two interludes, and one epilogue remaining ...

A lot happened in the past 96 hours. To say it in terse terms, MAJOR LIFE STUFF affected my motivation and desire to work on the book. I was falling "behind schedule" in terms of the internal quotas I'd set in my mind, so to speak. So, yesterday I decided to compensate in an unorthodox way: by ...

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