I feel like this next chapter is a very suitable place for a time jump (not a big one, of course, hello, it’s me), but dang - am I struggling with it. Everything in me is like, ‘you need to write everything from the moment the last chapter ended, and including all the ground and time you want to cover in this one’. But of course we would be here for the rest of our lives if that were the case, so no. Plus, I just know it’s not the right move. Again, there will be no great time jump, but since I don’t usually do much of any time jumps at all, I’m just like, ‘how do you do this’, lol.
So the next chapter is on its way, but it’s definitely a difficult one to sort out. Just like, how do you make everything seem natural and at a good pace, and all that. Maybe I’m over-concerning myself with it, who knows. But the mere organisation of it is such... a... struggle... gah.
Anywho, I just wanted to let you guys know I’m still kickin’ around, and that the last chapter is definitely being worked on. I’m about 2,000+ words in, but basically I’m just throwing everything onto the page, and it’ll all likely get sorted and fixed and thrown around some more later on.
You guys have been all so amazing to stick with me for so long. I often go back and read previous chapters, just to see if it still reads the same as when I first wrote it and to get myself into the right headspace before writing the next chapter. I wish so, so much that I could go back and re-write so many of those chapters, or those scenes, or those dialogues or what have you. I find so many places that are in such desperate need of repair, and all I can do is be humbled and amazed that you guys still enjoy the story, despite the plot holes, repeated words that I repeatedly repeat one after the other, or sentences that carry on and on with words that are added which aren’t really needed, and the amount of commas I use, yikes, that was something my professors always pointed out, too, and those dashes, goodness, and, just -
