I feel like, with the rate I've been on, having a new N:Era should be possible by now, but uh, that hasn't happened yet. I've only now gotten to a halfway point with Glory to the Strong/Call of the Wolves/A Glacialane Story.
A lot of times, the reason this happens is, I write lots of subplots and miniplots. Those are basically the same thing for those of you who are wondering, but my personal definition of either is:
A subplot is sorta more a story that goes on with the main story, at least for a while. In some cases, even beyond the main plot, as the character transformed by the main plot may end up solving a subplot. Like, literally every character story in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
A miniplot to me is more continuous and is several stretches of scenes only somewhat broken up. Like the polymorph potion in Harry Potter..
And a sideplot is just a story B as in sitcoms.
Anyway, uh, so does this mean I need four more months to finish this? No. I'll probably be finished shortly, I just tend to not focus then write in bursts.
So yeah.
Anyway, I tend to put in lots of subplots to the point where the actual main plot can get somewhat lost. There's usually an event I like to anchor onto, like Cyras' birthday party, or a train trip to Rosaberg, but everything beyond that is a whole bunch of events mingled with one another.
In a way, I don't really have miniplots or subplots. I just have stories with several plots. The real unification is about the theme, and the theme for this story is essentially Misery. What causes that. Cyras deals with Misery for having lost a family member, meanwhile Queen Raynfall inflicts misery to her own kingdom.
There's still a couple of short stories that bridge the gaps between N:Era and N:Era World, and all I have to do is revise "Liberty of Fangs." So I feel like that's gonna be in April. But I have something very special for the start of the month.
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