Read A Day of Faces here. Read this specific chapter here. Read all the writing notes here. This one was unexpectedly tricky. I thought it’d be easy, because it’s action-heavy and action tends to be easier to write if anything, in my experience. Rather than have a standard chase sequence, Read more…
Read A Day of Faces here. Read this specific chapter here. Read all the writing notes here. I’ve done unexpected jump cuts between chapter previously and this takes it rather further, being entirely disconnected from where we left things in ‘Cortex’. Given that ‘Interdependence’ is the start of Arc 3, Read more…
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…
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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…
Yesterday I took part in The First Annual Story Fair, an event bringing together a bunch of Wattpad writers to promote their works via an online event hosted on Facebook. I had no idea what to expect. Since I started using Wattpad I’ve had only positive experiences but this was Read more…