If you are paying attention to the posts, you will notice the time between the previous post and this post are within an hour. That’s because I had two topics to discuss! You’ll also notice… that this is the announcement of my newest project – the seventh manuscript. Now many would say, “Finish Bohr’s Bathos, then start a new project!” Well, I don’t work that way. When I finish a manuscript, I will read through it twice while performing edits, then I will print it, and put it in a filing cabinet. During those two editing sessions, I will begin the process of outlining my newest project. Once done with the edits, I will begin writing the new project. After some time has passed, I will open the cabinet and do a read through of an older manuscript (not the most recent, which is Bohr’s Bathos in this case). Then, I will put that one away and keep working on the newest manuscript. At sometime, I will open the cabinet and begin a detailed revision of the most recently completed manuscript (in this case Bohr’s Bathos). I do this so I get away from that piece. I let my mind forget what I had written, where I had lived, and try to read it as someone who knows nothing about the work. Then it goes away again while I work on the newest manuscript.
Man am I excited! I came up with this manuscript’s base world and main characters about two months ago. I wrote the kernel down, fleshed out the idea a little, and over time fantasized myself alongside the characters. Each time I went there, I learned more and studied the people I would be writing about. I twisted their souls and minds. They reacted and I jotted down the different responses. Soon, I discovered who would be my main character. I tinkered with the structure in the shower and ran out naked and dripping wet to write down what I concluded. The hazy began to form into objects and I knew it was close. But, I don’t start a new project till the previous one is done, and so I kept moving forward on Bohr’s Bathos. Now, with that manuscript completed, I get to go back to that world, pour over the notes, think of new pathways, develop the major outline, and build the supporting cast. It will be a fun month!