Read A Day of Faces here. Read this specific chapter here. Read all the writing notes here. Arc 2 finale time! This chapter is almost twice as long as the average ADoF chapter length and I considered splitting it in two but decided that it was most effective to keep Read more…
Read A Day of Faces here. Read this specific chapter here. Read all the writing notes here. The pacing of the arc 2 finale was originally intended to be quite different. Behaviour and Hypothalamus were originally to be one episode, but their length meant they got spun out into two. Read more…
Read A Day of Faces here. Read this specific chapter here. Read all the writing notes here. There’s a thing in crappier action movies whereby characters entirely forget major events and tragedies by the end. The protagonist’s motivation – “MY WIFE!” – are dismissed, with the film having moved on Read more…
Read A Day of Faces here. Read this specific chapter here. Read all the writing notes here. After this one, there’s only two planned chapters left in Arc 2. That may change a bit depending on how things go – an extra episode wouldn’t be unexpected, as there’s a fair Read more…
Read A Day of Faces here. Read this specific chapter here. Read all the writing notes here. This chapter came out a tad long, at 2,012 words. That’s the first ADoF chapter to break 2k, with chapters usually nestling above or below 1500 words. I considered slicing it into two Read more…
Read A Day of Faces here. Read this specific chapter here. Read all the writing notes here. So, the weird thing about this chapter is that the original plan was for them to leave Marv on Locque 2. That’s what was in the plan for Arc 2 all along – Read more…
Read A Day of Faces here. Read this specific chapter here. Read all the writing notes here. The previous chapter, Interlude #2, was deliberately timed to hold the cliffhangerish ending of Cladogenesis for a little longer, before mostly resolving it here. This chapter has a lot of heavy lifting to Read more…
Read A Day of Faces here. Read this specific chapter here. Read all the writing notes here. Weird tangent chapter! We’re back with Wynton Simons. Except this time it all makes a bit more sense. ‘Interlude #1’ cropped up halfway through the first story arc and was designed to be Read more…
Read A Day of Faces here. Read this specific chapter here. Read all the writing notes here. Let’s talk comments. The major benefit of serialising a story and releasing it weekly like this is that you get a sense of readers interacting with the material. In the case of A Read more…
Read A Day of Faces here. Read this specific chapter here. Read all the writing notes here. Back in the flow of things this week, although this was one of those episodes that has to work really hard to not just be a load of exposition. ‘Instinct’ lays down a Read more…