Dear Alice,
I would like to take some time off your busy day to express to you my love, my appreciation and my admiration for your writing.
You are a perfectionist and it shows.
Your writing is nothing short of miraculously perfect and incredible. Your attention to small details is unlike any other writer's. You seem to have everything about your characters figured out. There are no blind spots or holes in your story. Your narration is captivating to the point where one loses track of time as they read your amazing fics (to name Restitution is a given by now but Princess and The Lawyer lately has been an Oof of disproportionate proportions!)
Thank you for taking the time out of your day and your life to give us these amazing stories.
Thank you for the energy and love you put into them.
I wish we can show you how much they mean to us in more ways than just this 💕💕
Thank you so much! 😊
I am unworthy of such high praise! (But I will accept, and basking in its glow anyways.)
The funny thing about those small details is that I’m kind of a hybrid writer. Part of me is a “discovery writer” and the other half is an “architect writer.” So, if you think I always have everything figured out… nope! I usually don’t know the ending until just before I write it. When I finish this story, I’ll probably discover the ending about a week before all of you.
I have strong theories about where the details are leading me but I can only craft the next logical steps. Typically, I’m thinking in terms of five chapter arcs. That means I still get to be creative while “having a plan.” I’m not always quite sure how the details fit together. But once I get closer to the end, it all clicks into place.
I would totally agree that The Princess is my best work yet! Out of everything I’ve ever written, it’s had the most flow and pace. Like you guys, I’ve gone back and re-read it for entertainment. And because I need time to process the details, so I can figure out how to pull off our midpoint twist. (Yes, there’s going to be a midpoint twist.)
The best compliment a writer could receive is that their stories make time fly. Thank you so much for saying that. I’m going to live off that compliment for… probably the next decade or so? I rely on positive feedback to keep going!
I do have a tiny bit of disappointing news… no chapter will be published this Friday. My discovery writer side threw a fit this week and made a mess of chapter six. It’s in no shape for public viewing at this time. Fortunately, I have realized what needs to change so the story will work.
The segment of the plot we’re into right now is the beginning of my “Break into Two” beat. I’m going to set up the second act and start laying the groundwork for the midpoint twist I mentioned earlier. For some reason, this is always my most challenging transition point of a story for me to write. In order to do it well, we have to wait another week.
