Post by MinnieQuill on Jul 26, 2007 21:14:53 GMT -5
I was flicking through my folder of old stories, searching for particular sentence (long story) and found this one. I read it and found it actually wasn't too bad (and the prize for sounding up themselves go to...) but am having a bit of trouble getting back into the swing of it.
I was debating whether or not to change some of it, perhaps expand some of the earlier chapters and what not. Also, the relationship with Remus and Minerva, and Albus and Minerva, is quite...complicated, so I'm unsure of how to progress there.
Minerva's backstory is proving difficult too. I quite like making her less 'Mary-Sue-ish' (not that you'd know it reading some of my stuff) so whilst I think her actions could be tweaked, I do think they should remain similar.
I am writing the next chapter (though I tend to just stare at the monitor for the most part) and have only written 500 words. It's an argument between Remus and Minerva (which hasn't happened yet) and on one hand it works, whilst on the other it...doesn't...? Bloody hell, that makes no sense.
The point of this whole thing is...I need ideas. I do have an outline, so if you could recommend how I could extend the first three chapters, perhaps also extend chapter six (re-reading it the Minerva/Remus relationship does seem somewhat rushed).
As a whole, the outline for the story is 12 computer pages, and that's the bare, bare minimum. So far the story is short (32 000 words) but I think it could stretch to at least 150 000.
Help!
I was debating whether or not to change some of it, perhaps expand some of the earlier chapters and what not. Also, the relationship with Remus and Minerva, and Albus and Minerva, is quite...complicated, so I'm unsure of how to progress there.
Minerva's backstory is proving difficult too. I quite like making her less 'Mary-Sue-ish' (not that you'd know it reading some of my stuff) so whilst I think her actions could be tweaked, I do think they should remain similar.
I am writing the next chapter (though I tend to just stare at the monitor for the most part) and have only written 500 words. It's an argument between Remus and Minerva (which hasn't happened yet) and on one hand it works, whilst on the other it...doesn't...? Bloody hell, that makes no sense.
The point of this whole thing is...I need ideas. I do have an outline, so if you could recommend how I could extend the first three chapters, perhaps also extend chapter six (re-reading it the Minerva/Remus relationship does seem somewhat rushed).
As a whole, the outline for the story is 12 computer pages, and that's the bare, bare minimum. So far the story is short (32 000 words) but I think it could stretch to at least 150 000.
Help!
