Re: Kaleidoscope
My system wouldn't work for me if I weren't partnered with Cherie. Writing is performance art; I need an audience, if only an audience of one. I lose all faith in what I am writing...that it is interesting, that it is literate, that it is in character...and I need reassurance. Somebody has to read it. If I don't have a First Reader, then I'm posting as I go...not generally a good idea for me...but sometimes it works. (The Other Man is a case in point.)
In addition to keeping me writing, Cherie usually does the plotting. I am amazed at how she can come up with a 20-chapter story arc before either of us has written a word. I, on the other hand, can write to order. Tell me what to write and I'm off and running. Sometimes the characters take over and the detail differs from plan, but the general direction will be as ordered.
However, for me personally it would be a bad system because I would tweak and tweak the chapters endlessly and never get round to posting anything at all.
Yeah, me too. I tweak my writing, I tweak Cherie's. She's very patient with me. She knows I can't help it!
Anyhow, I'm delighted that you are posting on the fly. I'm loving the story. FanSee