EP1 has two peaks, but EP2 has three, and quite a bit more going on. So, I'm guessing it will level out at a longer book. Unless I end up vanishing away parts of it, but I hope not —I like all of it. But I guess that's what they mean by "darlings".

#amwriting

Oh, and then I get to the end of the day and I've won one of the top prizes in a raffle.

It's like someone is playing a prank on me.

More ups and downs than an Oscilloscope.

5. Gloves and inverted puns that have too many layers to be sensible.

Oh, and loads of people respond to the brief.

Oh, and then we have numerous urgent things to deal with at work.

Anyone ever watched Jacob's Ladder?

I don't know which way is up.

Good thing everything won't get any weirder.

What's happening tomorrow? Oh, it's Halloween........

#chaostheory

Then... I can get back to the fun part of finishing off:

- Episode 2
- Episode 3

And... a prequel novella I plotted out last weekend that I'm going to call:

- Worth & Distance : The Red Dress Fiasco

Does anyone know if there are many comedies set around complimentary security reviews??

#BookSky

Can I get #teowad:ep1 down to 100k words?...

I doubt it.

But I think 110k is probably okay, and I'm not too far off that now. Just need to go back over one more time and tighten some of the longer scenes.

Then will come the dreaded typesetting per format. 🫣

And finally, publishing. 🙌 🎉 😌 📖 🔜 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 🫠

It also helps to know that there are authors out there with far more massive books than myself.

Eventually, when all is said & done, I'd like to recombine #teowad into one book—like it was supposed to be. But I can only do that once readers trust me, and I've learned the art of editing 300k+ words.

Now I'm going to prevaricate, or... procrastinate? Or... pontificate??

It's one of those words beginning with P which means I get to go and feel better about myself by watching Sanderson's lectures and realise that there are people out there like me.

It makes everything feel less remote.

Ok, story so far:

- ✅ I've lessened the learning curve of #teowad. 🙌
- ✅ I've introduced certain world building in a succinct manner (similar to how I've done elsewhere).
- ✅ I've covered planets, materials and cameras.
- ❌ Sadly, I've not covered BankAds.
- 🤦‍♀️ I reduced by 4k words, then added 2k?!

Just have to say, I really enjoy your writing style in these snippets. I don't often like first person (just me being odd), but these flow very well and have interesting shape!

Now feeling like I should confabulate a yet-to-be-written scene involving a hidden away emporium, just off Latium's MarketQuarter. One holding all the trappings of a Venetian costume purveyor, on a wind swept day.

No idea why the last part, wind is probably terrible for masks, especially TonalWind.

Absolutely! The sheer power of trial and error is awesome, if you have the time to wield it...

Personally, I more align to Distance's way, but that usually leaves me still calculating my next step when the rest of existence has moved on.

The best approach, of course, is all three working together.