After finishing up a couple of things as RR, I opened up something that’s been tormenting me just as much as Lowborn.<\/p>\n
Over all this time, I’ve probably written five chapters worth of stuff that I’ve backspaced for the next chapter of SOTM.\u00a0 I just couldn’t get the opening right to save my life.\u00a0 Sometimes, all it takes is a single scene to bring me to a complete halt.\u00a0 It was that way with Lowborn, and it’s been that way with Ch. 19.<\/p>\n
I\u00a0just finished writing that first scene – a mere 448 words – and I’m happy with it<\/em>.<\/p>\n I think I really needed the time away from writing ( even if it was primarily because work had been HELL ) and a recharge of my fantasy batteries.\u00a0\u00a0You may know this if you’ve been to the forum, but one of the things I’ve been doing when I couldn’t write was playing CRPGs.\u00a0 Neverwinter Nights + expansions, Neverwinter 2 + expansions ( first play through ), and Might and Magic VI-VIII.<\/p>\n I’ve done this before, as some may recall.\u00a0 My roots are in the PnP role playing game, and the roots of that are in old video games.\u00a0 Sometimes, I just need to go back to the beginning.<\/p>\n It certainly seems to be working right now \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n I’m going to take a quick break and then write a naughty scene that’s been in my head since before I finished the last chapter all that time ago.\u00a0 Probably have a nice wordcount to report before the night’s out.<\/p>\n Here’s hoping. Cross your fingers for me.<\/p>\n