Eric James Stone

Chapter 51 is done

Not much to say other than that.

Published Saturday, March 19, 2005, at 2:49 pm|

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On March 20, 2005 at 4:14 pm Rosalie Said:
Can you estimate now about how many chapters are left to write?
On March 20, 2005 at 4:50 pm Eric James Stone Said:
14, plus an epilogue.
On March 22, 2005 at 10:50 pm Michael Said:
How confident are you that there will only be 14 more? Is the story sufficiently clear in your mind or is there any chance it may stretch into 15 or 16? These may be stupid questions.
On March 23, 2005 at 12:03 am Eric James Stone Said:
That’s a good question, actually. The plot as outlined currently has 65 chapters. But back when I had completed 45 chapters, the outline had only 61 chapters. I have a four-chapter pattern of viewpoint character rotation, and I felt I needed one more loop through on the section I was writing. So it’s definitely possible for the predicted number of chapters to change as I write.

However, the events that must happen from this point until the climax are things I have thought about a lot as I’ve been leading up to them, while the middle of the novel was a lot more nebulous in my mind. So I think I will make it from here to the climax without adding any chapters. I made need a bit more space for denouement at the end than I currently have planned, but I’ll burn that bridge when I come to it.
On March 23, 2005 at 12:25 am David Stone Said:
A bullet cannot catch a running man.
On March 23, 2005 at 1:38 pm Eric James Stone Said:
A ham sandwich is better than complete happiness.
On March 23, 2005 at 10:51 pm Michael Q. Stone Said:
A boiled egg gathers no moss.