queenoftheskies

I decided this morning that I needed to have a way to present my novel universe in a clear and concise manner.

There are some changes going on in the story and structure of a few of the novels. Changes that reach forward and backward into the timeline that's covered in the universe.

These changes are necessitated by the fact that my writing has grown quite a bit since some of them were started. That, and the fact that I'm looking at my work with new vision. I expect a lot more from it now. I expect to put a lot more into it now.

I haven't found a format that I like to present a total overview of the universe, so, for now, I think I'm just going to set up files for each series in the universe and post synopses of each there. Some have them already. Others need them.

But, in the meantime, I do have the universe set up in a series of folders in Word. I went through them today, looking to see what novels to keep and what to put out to pasture.

Those that were mere shells with no words now, I deleted. I'll re-use the titles later. Some have been consolidated. Ultimately, I'll move the old files into a separate folder for derelicts and scene clips.

It's nice to houseclean like this and actually look back over some of the novels I have to complete. Sometimes, it's hard not to drop everything and pick one of them back up and work on it...or add a couple of pages to each of them.

But, I have a more specific plan for writing them now...certain novels in certain series that must be finished first...and I'd really like to stick with that.

If I don't, I have no focus or direction and won't complete anything in a timely fashion.

Going to rest for a few. I'm kinda wiped from the week.

Then I need to send a response on the notes I got on the screenplay and I need to work on some editing and then some writing.

Oh, and plotting for my NaNo project. There are only a few days left. I must make a definite determination which project I'm going to write.

About time, huh?