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One More Chapter Done

Mar. 15th, 2008 at 8:02 PM

Well, I finished a chapter of the DANCE this morning. Which ordinarily would not be occasion for comment, but this was a Bran chapter that I've been struggling with for something like six years. Bran has always been the toughest character to write, for a whole bunch of reasons, but this chapter in particular was killing me.

Anyway, that's one done. (Unless I wake up tomorrow, reread what I've done, decide that I hate it, and tear the whole thing up. Which does happen from time to time).

Now let's hope the NEXT Bran chapter doesn't take six years as well.

Mood: relieved

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danicia wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:08 am (UTC)

This is excellent news! I've been interested in his story.

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mrbnatural wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:09 am (UTC)

I can't wait! ^o^

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aulus_poliutos wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:09 am (UTC)

Six years? Ok, now I feel better about some of my Scenes That Never Fall Into Place. ;)

Congrats on getting it done, and here's to hope you'll still like it tomorrow.

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master_fisto wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:12 am (UTC)

Congrats. I love Bran so this is great news to hear. Hope the rest of the book doesn't hold you up so much.

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deeplyunhip wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:14 am (UTC)

Maybe things would be easier to write if you told Bran's story from Hodor's point of view. :P

Seriously, though, that's wonderful news!

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dolorousviking wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:15 am (UTC)

Congratulations

Congratulations on the chapter. Accept my congratulations....although I hope you don't read this, because Robin Hobb's rant about blogging and then reading the comments was worth taking to heart.

I am an academic with my own writing commitments, so her comments spoke directly to me. Her comments have inspired me to change my daily routine in my study, so that I get more writing done.

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fireroseboudicc wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:16 am (UTC)

WHOOO!

Also, love the new layout.

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kivzirrum wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:17 am (UTC)

I say if the next Bran chapter begins to take a long time to write as well, you kill him off unceremoniously and have done with it xD

Not really, though- I love Bran, and his story.

Congratulations!

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ladybird97 wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:18 am (UTC)

Oh, yay! Bran's one of my favorites, and I'm so happy to hear that his story is starting to pick up again. Congratulations on finishing, and good luck with the rest!

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kittykatkatja wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:20 am (UTC)

Good to hear it! I hope you still like it in the morning. And, I'm glafd you didn't take Robin Hobb to heart about not blogging, because I've said that if you did, I'd have to smite her.

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be4u wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:28 am (UTC)

Hurrah and a w00t! And let's throw in a dancing hamster for good measure.

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aerolyn1 wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:29 am (UTC)

... but.... that might just kill all of us! ;)

I can't wait. I've been trying to figure out where that story line is going to go, too, and I can't wait to see if I'm at least partially right....

More than anything, though... thank you from the bottom of my heart, Mr. Martin. These gifts are truly amazing!

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babyraven wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:34 am (UTC)

Mazel tov on the chapter!

And ha, you and I apparently have the same journal style now. I always look at mine and think "dark wings, dark words," so it's appropriate on many levels. :D

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janetlin wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:40 am (UTC)

Congrats on the chapter! Now I know it's not just my imagination that Bran doesn't have as much "screen-time" as the rest. I can see where he'd be difficult to write, so extra kudos for getting it done!

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xraytheenforcer wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:41 am (UTC)

big w00t on that. I can't say I've ever been stuck on something for 6 years, but I know the feeling of finally breaking through the roadblock.

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wyldkyss wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:41 am (UTC)

Of course, that last sentence made several brains pop I suspect.

*cheers*

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spkr4thedead51 wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 02:53 am (UTC)

progress is progress. glad to hear you at least currently feel like things are in a semi-finished state.

though that bears the question of whether there are any sections of the published books that you've read since their publishing and wished that you'd done differently.

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madbard wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 03:06 am (UTC)

Now this is a blog post I can get behind. Take that, Robin Hobb.

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the_outlaw wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 03:06 am (UTC)

So the two, possibly three, obvious questions are:

Is this a first draft of the chapter (and if so, how much do you revise)?

And how many chapters do you have left to write before the book is finished?

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lucius2021 wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 03:32 am (UTC)

on behalf of everyone in the world, congratulations, and thank you :)

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geek_domestic wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 03:41 am (UTC)

Yay!

The BF has complained of Bran's chapters being boring but I find them a lovely respite from the super-hectic plot lines of other characters... It's a good chance to sit back, relate to a character's frustrations and hopes and fears and all the rest, and not have to keep 1000 plot threads in my head until the next character chapter. -cough-anyandalllannisters-cough-

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smashtestdummy wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 03:47 am (UTC)

Congrats on the chapter. Please don't tear it up tomorrow.

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childdoll wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 03:55 am (UTC)

Congrats on completing the chapter. It's so hard to get over those creative blocks sometimes. Hopefully the next one will go easier for you ^_^

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spiffystuff wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 04:09 am (UTC)

Horray!

Also, while I can imagine why Bran is so hard, I love his character (okay so Arya is my fave), and I generally love how you have so many characters of different ages, gender, bodytypes... yeah. And not all "mary sues" (or the male equivalent) which is what it seems 99% of fantasy is :P

You are a top notch writer!

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willoughby83 wrote:

Mar. 16th, 2008 05:20 am (UTC)

So George

Hmm...Well...what if you just let us read it and tell you if we like it? We're honest =D

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