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In one more writing session (tomorrow, I hope), I will have finished this fic! I really thought it would never happen, but I think the next chapter might actually go up tomorrow? And then the final chapter and epilogue early next week??

(Wonders will never cease, even though every time I get stuck on a story I fear that they will!)

#i still have to edit the ending to the romantic side plot #it's written down but it is extremely not my strength (in art as in life etc etc)#the romance would never even have been in this story except that it started off as a catalyst #and by the time i realised that didn't work for various reasons #the two characters were in love with one other and couldn't be persuaded out of it despite my best efforts #and in some respects it is necessary due to Themes and Ideas #also though: why did i do this to myself? writing a mystery novel is hard enough without having to insert a satisfying romance as well!#lou writes #big six sequel #you will all be as glad as i will when this is finished i think. because then i will stop posting about it.

I take back all the many and varied complaints I have made about writing mystery novels recently. Or, more accurately, I stick to them, but with this vital caveat: when a mystery finally comes together, it is magic.

#I’ve been stuck on basically two “necessary plot dump” scenes in the same chapter #for MONTHS #the sections were written but they were so ugly and prosy and everyone was half a beat out of character #and then tonight I finally rewrote both of them to my actual satisfaction!#famous last words but I *think* this chapter is now done except for a grammar edit & sense check #and then I will be into the denouement! which is mostly already written! and the story will be DONE #big six sequel #Lou writes #HURRAH

29 for the fic writer asks? (Favourite line/passage of the year)

Thank you so much for the ask! This was a surprisingly tough one to answer - I think all the bits of my current WIP that I like the most are the metafictional ones where Dot is thinking about what would happen in a detective story, but of course those are kind of plot-critical and I don't want to reveal them here! Instead, have some (rather sad) character development for her:

One kind, funny Mathematics Scholar had kissed her in her bathers at Parsons Pleasure and made vague noises about introducing her to his people. Said people having been clergy, he’d been stuffed full of ideas about Doing One’s Bit as a youth and had signed up the moment it had become clear where things were headed. Dead now, of course. Drowned in a training exercise before the first shot was fired. Dot had cried her eyes out when she’d heard the news, although in fact there hadn’t been much to it beyond a handful of kisses and a mutual drifting apart. Even when she’d heard the news, she could remember little about him beyond a few silly puns and a nice smile. Later she’d realised she had been crying for the waste.

Poor Dot. I am giving her a terrible time in this story! She's so much fun to write though, because I can self-indulgently fill both her speech and her thoughts with as many literary references and quotes as I want to...

#asked and answered #elennare #lou writes #big six sequel #thank you for the ask!#despite the fact that i am struggling with the final chapters i'm always delighted to have an opportunity to talk about this story #because i love it

Reach for the Stars - Week 1

My first weekly accountability post for @the-wip-project 's Reach for the Stars! I said I was aiming for 1400 words a week on my main project, and that I would count editing and restructuring towards that goal. I did it! 1528 words towards my main project, 272 on a side project, and about an hour's worth of editing and cutting over the course of the week. I also like the chapter I've been working on much more than I did a week ago - which is an achievement that can't be measured in minutes or wordcount, but perhaps matters more than either. Daily totals below the cut for my own records.

#i'm really hoping to post the next chapter of CfP by the end of next week #because this week went so well!#rfts #thanks the-wip-project for giving me my writing mojo back #lou writes #big six sequel

Footage of me trying to finish and post the next chapter in my WIP before I have to go back to work on Monday:

#not pictured: me in my best basil fawlty voice threatening to give my laptop a d— good thrashing #Lou writes #I truly love writing!#but also: this #big six sequel

People who start posting WIPs when they are still in progress and yet successfully stick to an upload schedule, how do you do it? Related: people who don't post WIPs until they're finished, ignoring the desire to post until then, how do you do that? I need to learn one of these two skills if I am ever to become the change I want to see in the world.

#apparently i have only one mode: get halfway through on a massive surge of enthusiasm #and then lose confidence altogether at the midway point #i have had a little flurry of lovely comments on CfP recently which has helped a bit #but i have been stuck on the same 500 words SINCE MAY #something i did not fully appreciate about mysteries until i started writing one is that the chapters have to be *right* and not just good #because otherwise all the clues and red herrings are wrong #anyway #lou writes #or possibly: lou takes a crowbar to this chapter. maybe her laptop. perhaps the entire desk??#time will tell!#big six sequel #(i am definitely going to have to learn the latter skill if i ever want to become a Real Writer Who Writes Real Books (TM))

Neither of my WIPs will update tomorrow - unless we get a huge, delayed dump of snow and work gets cancelled somehow? - in stark defiance of my promises. One of my bookshelves collapsed and I have spent the weekend building, priming, and painting its replacement. This was inevitable the minute I put myself in the position of posting multiple WIPs. One day I will learn (maybe)!

#true story: this is not the first time i have sustained an injury in a midnight bookshelf collapse #the bookshelf actually collapsed before christmas but this is the first chance i've had to sort out the replacement #i do have chapters for each WIP that are almost ready to go #i just don't want to post unedited work #big six sequel #fs bringing christmas home au #lou writes #i'll try to update them later this week!

Finally fixed a plot problem that has been plaguing me for many months! (Maybe over a year?)