EzzyB: Blog

This was a nice comment that at least shows some understanding of what I go through.


I, was sorry to read that the next Chaos story is
on hold.I was looking forward to reading it in
June.I guess the problem is us non writers don't
understand the process and work it takes to do a
great story.The authors that do updates frequently
are usually not very good,or maybe it's the
subject matter that I don't care for.You are
writing a long teen romance story which takes time
to do it right.Your readers appreciate it.I love
long teen romances.Any suggestions that I might
have missed on SOL or any other sites.Good luck in
your work,I'll be waiting.Thanks.

I have a story on Storiesonline's sister site. It has that ugly yellow stripe through it showing that it is unfinished and unactive. That was my first serious attempt at writing fiction. It's not awful but nor is it of particularly high quality.

I learned a lot from that story. Mainly that once you publish a chapter, its hard to take it back.

In my opinion a story should be a whole. Both Rebecca Danced and Anita's Rescue are whole stories. They are complete and tied in together in many ways.

Strange things happen in writing things like this. You can make a serious plot error, a time-line messup, or any number of things that keep the story from being complete as presented. Believe me if you knew the twist that Anita's rescue went through with fifteen chapters in the bag and the title 'Saving Cheri' you would know what I mean.

So now while I do release stories a chapter or three a week I don't do so until the entire story is refined. It's just better that way. I personally can spot any story that was written and posted as each chapter was ready. Some are pretty good, but most suffer from it.

I have an ongoing argument with several authors who tell me they only 'write for themselves'. I don't, I write for my readers and I have to do it in a way that I believe will deliver the highest standards of quality.

Actually producing two novel-length stories with another a bit less than half way done in 20 months isn't bad even by professional standards.

I will continue the quest of another high-quality story that you will enjoy (I'm sure my readers would love what it written so far). I still can't promise a date, only that it will be my best when it gets here.

The new story is not on hold, it is kind of waiting for a breakthrough though. It needs something of importance to keep it a story unto itself as opposed to just 'the third story'. When that comes to me the rest will work itself out.

EzzyB

It is finished. For a few hours on Saturday morning it was not labeled as such and I had to get with the webmaster to straighten that out.

Thanks for all of your feedback on the story. That one was a bit more difficult to edit to fit this website and I made a couple of mistake and it shows in the scoring. All my fault.

Yes, their is a third story, no it is not finished, not even close. I never begin posting a story unless it is already complete so it may be a while before you see the final story. Have faith, I'll come through with it.

EzzyB

Just to prove that all feedback isn't completely positive I got this one early this morning. Here's my reply:

I liked the Chaos series at the beginning, but now
I'm sort of in a wait-and-see mode with this
chapter. The second accident is either one of the
most contrived events that I've read or indication
that there's more to the story.

Oh boy! There is more to this story. The title can be interpreted three different ways. The first is the rather dramatic rescue of Anita in chapter 7. The second is the rather obvious need of her rescue now after chapter 14. Like Rebecca Danced though the real meaning of the title comes at the very end (who really rescues who)? Hang on, the fun and games are over for the most part might want a hanky handy for the rest.

I'm not sure what to make of Tina's developing situation. Suddenly, she's in a relationship when she hasn't shown interest in one. Tina's role has been the genius pushing things around and it makes sense that she's too busy for relationships. It feels like you're trying to pair everyone up in the story.
While it's a nice thought, it doesn't feel right and turns the whole thing into a puppet show.

It's simply a plot device to show that Tina is interested in romance. Though it was stated in the first book that she has dated in the past. Where better for her to find a kindred spirit than a youth music festival? Though you'll find a boy asking her for a date is hardly a "relationship".

For those of you who are following the deeper meanings here this is a three character study (including the mythical third book which really is in progress) The first was obviously Rebecca's. This book is actually about Tony and his redemption. The key to the 'meaning' of this story resides in what you learn about him in the early chapters of Rebecca Danced.

We'll get more in depth with Tina in the third book.

Read on, I'll have the rest posted by the end of the week.

EzzyB

I continue to mess up my submissions. This time I ended up with some innapropriate content that didn't get edited out.

I apologize if you read that and weren't expecting it. These stories were originally more explicit than the site allows and I thought I had edited out all of the offenses content. I'll do better next time.

EzzyB

Somehow I managed to post chapter 13 before chapter 12. This is being fixed now and show straighten out some questions you had.

This is corrected now. I was in a hurry to get the chapters in the queue before I left town. It was all my error.

EzzyB