The next phase of the book can be described as either act
three or two small acts that finish the story. Either way, it all adds up to
the fact that I’m writing the third act for the book. Act three has begun, and
already has a chapter wrapped up for it. I’ve also outlined the remaining plot
points for my fourth and final epic poem that runs parallel to the main story. I
haven’t done a page count yet for my final epic poem, but I’m sure it’s the
shortest. Even with four more parts to compose for it, I don’t think it will
run over sixty pages. The second epic poem, the yet-to-be published To
Enlighten the G.O.D.Z., is the longest of my epic poems, running close to
four-hundred pages. That story will see the light of day…one of these days.
With the rest of the manuscript laid out with outlines for
each act and parts of the epic poem, it’s just about getting to the finish line
now. I would hope to hit that mark come late March or early April. If I stay at
the pace I’m writing now, that shouldn’t be a problem.
After finishing the first chapter for the third act, I went
back and made some additions to the previous acts, putting in a character that’s
talked about but won’t be seen until the end of the book. I had to work the
character in and make it seamless with the rest of the story, and I think I’ve
done that. There were only four moments where I had to do that, and the
character was appropriately addressed. The character was always supposed to be
there, but I was having a hard time finding her place. Now her importance has
been figured out (besides just fleshing out a family tree), and I can move
forward with bringing her to the forefront when we finally get to see her.
This weekend I will give a pause in writing to go back
through the first act and prepare it for print to give to the editors. It’s
coming to around that time where all the confidence I have in what I’m writing
will be smashed and cut to pieces by the close scrutiny of evil, editors’ keen
eyesight. Good times.
The weekend after next, act two will get its first run
through by my eyes. I’ll be tightening the text as best I can, catching whatever
typos are there, and prep it to move along to the editors once they finish hacking
at act one and scarring my confidence for life. And as all that is happening,
parallel to writing/finishing the manuscript, the first of three commercials
will be scripted.
The end is not too far off. I just have to stay on track and
keep pushing forward with the writing. Having an outline saves a lot of time. There
have been things added, subtracted, or put into different points in the story.
But for the most part, I have a plan to follow. Reworking something is a lot
less stressful when you have the ground rules properly laid out.
Once this book is finished and out, I can really call The
Fable Avenue Saga a series. One book doesn’t cut it, but you gotta start
somewhere.
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