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starfishstar) wrote2015-07-16 12:01 am
starfishstar) wrote2015-07-16 12:01 am
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Finally on the visible horizon: Lantern, Part 2
The part that hasn't been visible, as I've been posting all these shorter fics in the half year since I finished up posting Part 1 ("Be the Light in My Lantern") of my massive Remus/Tonks fic, is that I've also been working and working, all this time, at Part 2.
Finished the rough draft of Part 2 in September, and ever since have been slowly but determinedly working my way (with HUGE help from beta reader extraordinaire![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
stereolightning!) through a massive list of things that needed to be added, changed or fixed in the second draft. Seriously, my list had 64 items on it, ranging from quick fixes to entire new scenes to thorny overarching logistical problems still to be worked out.
Just reached "The End" on the second draft tonight.
There's still a third draft to come; the whole thing needs a re-read and overall revision, since so far I've been focused on fixing specific trouble spots and ignoring the rest of it. And I probably need to take a break for a while before doing that, so I can come at it with fresh(er) eyes. But for the first time, it actually feels like completion of this project is in sight, rather than being some phantasm of my unrealistic imagination.
Part 2 is now a separate story from "Be the Light in My Lantern" (they'll form a two-part series). Part 2 is tentatively titled "Raise Your Lantern High" and covers the HBP year, and currently clocks in at 240 pages in Word (about 112,000 words). Between Part 1 and Part 2, this is a project I've been working on for nearly five years.
!
And now I'm going to sleep. (But there's also a fun co-written project coming soon...cf. post by stereolightning!)
Finished the rough draft of Part 2 in September, and ever since have been slowly but determinedly working my way (with HUGE help from beta reader extraordinaire
stereolightning!) through a massive list of things that needed to be added, changed or fixed in the second draft. Seriously, my list had 64 items on it, ranging from quick fixes to entire new scenes to thorny overarching logistical problems still to be worked out.Just reached "The End" on the second draft tonight.
There's still a third draft to come; the whole thing needs a re-read and overall revision, since so far I've been focused on fixing specific trouble spots and ignoring the rest of it. And I probably need to take a break for a while before doing that, so I can come at it with fresh(er) eyes. But for the first time, it actually feels like completion of this project is in sight, rather than being some phantasm of my unrealistic imagination.
Part 2 is now a separate story from "Be the Light in My Lantern" (they'll form a two-part series). Part 2 is tentatively titled "Raise Your Lantern High" and covers the HBP year, and currently clocks in at 240 pages in Word (about 112,000 words). Between Part 1 and Part 2, this is a project I've been working on for nearly five years.
!
And now I'm going to sleep. (But there's also a fun co-written project coming soon...cf. post by stereolightning!)