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Okay guys, lets try something new (I'll be doing this for Infinitum as well) I'm going to start posting the first 300 words of each new chapter here, just so you can see my progress, I think this'll work well because it's the first few hundred words of the next chapter, not a couple hundred random words further along.

Anyway, here :)

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Aside from the bold text, that's 300 words :) The (...") was just there to show there's more text.

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So I know I haven't made many word count updates in a while, but chapter 6 is 3.1k words long, and 34.6k words overall now, chapter 7 will begin somewhere along the 35-6k word count, and by chapter 9, (The planned halfway point) it will be at least 42-45k words long overall, so around novel length, if it got published at that time (Word count wise at least) :)

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Two updates in one day? This almost never happens!

 

Well it did happen! I've finished chapter 6, and am (FINALLY) working on chapter seven, it's just over 4k words, 35.5k words total.

Which means, that when I start on chapter 8...

I'LL BE PAST 40K WORDS(Hopefully, maybe in the beginning of Chapter 8)!!

That's the novel length (Minimum, but I'll take what I can get :))!

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So, after some consideration, I've decided I'll only put up the first 7 chapters up, and the first two 2nd draft chapters up when they're finished.

I'll still do progress updates, however, and publishing updates when the book is complete, and I'm looking to publish it.

@Findthepin1@TotallyNotHuman_@Andem@ProtoJeb21 & @Atlas2342, you guys will still see the full novel, every draft so I can get tips on how to improve it :)

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Here's Chapter 5 of TCBW! Leave feedback, please :)

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Some good news, great news for something else, bad news, and more good news.
I've finished almost 1.9k words on Chapter 7!
During the month of April, TCBW will be put on hold, as I'm going to be finishing up the first draft of Infinitum during Camp NaNo, go to that thread for updates, but don't panic, I will be picking this back up again in May.
Also, I'll be thinking about how this series will unfold, for instance, this will be a quadrilogy, not a trilogy like I planned, with a third novel put in between the second and third (Now the forth), general details (Like blurbs) on the other three novels if you guy's are interested :)
And finally, I'm working on a secret writing project (Separate from this, and it's on/off at the moment since I'm busy with other things), that I think you guy's will like a lot, but no details in the foreseeable future since I don't know if it'll get off the ground.
I love the new formatting.

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UPDATE: Turns out 'quadiliogy' is the wrong term, it's actually 'tetralogy', and that's what it'll be.

 

Anyway, I'll begin writing this again sometime in early May :) Don't worry, this series is still alive, and I'm really pumped to get to the sequels eventually.

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peers out from behind the corner.

 

Uh, hi... long time no see. As you can probably guess, my time management skills suck.

I've been stuck on this idea for a long time now, I couldn't get inspiration for the idea, because I only had a premise, and I didn't know where it would go. The characters felt flat, and in retrospect, there were too many unnecessary characters and pointless storylines I was trying to do. Now, I'm trying this again. I've mostly planned out the book, and wrote out the main characters. I think it'll be a much more interesting, and tighter story now. But it will need work.

I have a planning doc that's over 4k words long, and has the 4 important characters (May need better development), some details of their world (Incomplete), and the overall plot (Rough, may be shuffled).

I'm not looking for betas or anything, way too early to care about that. I need to finish the draft, and edit it, instead of giving you guys what's essentially half-assed writing.

 

The premise is similar. And it will follow the POV of three (At somepoint 4) characters.

The meaning behind their names? Well, they were pulled out of a hat. Doesn't need to be special.

Fumner, an Elordian scientist and engineer working with the Vurvian's to establish a technological presence, he works with a team of three other scientists and engineers. But he's arrogant, and sometimes hard to work with.

Nume, an Elordian scientist on a voyage to the outermost planet to study an ancient starship and base. She's idealistic, and trying to find her place in the world, as everything they know is changing.

H'ruc, a Vurvian (K'Lofli for him) scientist working with the Elordian's to advance his civilization. He owns an apprentice (Indentured servants basically), and they work together. But H'ruc is secretly working with his King, who wants to use the technology to wage war against his enemy. Unbeknowest to the Elordian's.

And V'yol, H'ruc's apprentice and loyal servant. He also works with the Elordian's to learn technology, and has taken a liking to their culture.

So far, I'm over 500 words in. I started this morning.

 

Again, sorry its been so long, I've wanted to continue this for a long time, but I didn't know how. Hopefully 2nd times the charm.

 

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Update on my progress (I'll probably make updates once a week).

I've finished chapters 1/2, and am on chapter 3 now. As of now I'm over 3800 words in. After this chapter, I'll be done with introductions, and moving on to more of the storyline.

I might edit this later with my final word count of the day by the way.

 

EDIT: I broke 5k earlier. Approaching the end of chapter three. I think I'll have 7-10 chapters per character. I don't know yet. I only have an overarching plot, but no specific place for it.

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TIme for my next update :)

I've now written over 1900 words today. over 15,000 words in total!  I may write more (I won't bother updating), but it looks like I'm doing pretty good. A little behind, but I'll try to compensate over the next week. Currently on chapter 8, and starting act 2. Cool stuff is happening. And I also think I may severely trim down one of the plotlines, as it feels more like "exposition: the story", rather than anything more interesting.

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I was wondering, @Spaceception, do you use a specific computer for writing? Or just your personal device. I'm asking because I just got myself an older laptop with a real honest-to-goodness mechanical keyboard. I plan to use it for my writing stuff, as it provides a totally distraction-free environment while being portable. You might wanna try it yourself if you haven't already, old Thinkpads (the best brand IMO) can be bought on eBay for less than $70.

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