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The Wayhaven Chronicles—Update+ 08/Nov/2024
🕑 Added 2024-11-08 14:00:07 +0000 UTCThis week started with Nai in hospital, so it wasn’t the greatest beginning! She is home now though, thankfully. Still on the mend but getting there.
It was also kind of a nice time too, oddly, as I got to talk with her properly, and I was talking to her about the Bobby and Douglas branch routes, and the 'lore' route. And I was getting really animated about it (as I always do when talking Wayhaven!), and it was just so awesome to not only talk about everything coming up but to just realise, even at this stage, how much I utterly love this story and characters and how excited I am for everything still to come!
But the unexpected weekend and start to the week did put things behind a bit. And then I decided to rewrite the entirety of the ending of Chapter 5. I kinda knew I was going to do it when going into editing. It just…didn’t focus on the right thing for the moment, and it was bugging me! :D
It is individual love interest scenes, something always a bit more impactful anyway, and I wanted a bit of foreshadowing of something coming up in a later book, but…it was just too much to fit in when there was already another major focus needed on this scene on something specific to this book!
So, I tried to rework them instead, but it wasn’t happening, so I pulled off the band aid quickly and just deleted it all. Oh man, it’s always so painful to get rid of thousands of words of work—and not something I do often, as I do believe what someone writes instinctually first is probably the right choice!—but sometimes it’s just got to be done.
Saying that though, I’m catching up really fast and these scenes are waaaay better! Much more concise and can put proper focus on just the one thing as well as the MC and LI’s reactions to it and the shared moment after.
I’m hoping to have these rewrites finished up by early next week, and then the final bit of editing to get this chapter done.
Chapter 4 edits are coming back to me too, so I’ll get those added in next week before moving onto the next chapter!
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For Update+ this week, Nate/Nat’s ending rewrite scene has really caught me this time around, so I wanted to share one of the moments from one of the choices in their scene!
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Nate/Nat flinches, blinks, and looks up at me. "[Name]. I didn't hear you."
"Wow. You really must have been lost in thought," I state, watching as he/she pushes himself/herself up, my gaze following his/hers as he/she stands.
His/Her lips curve into a smile that makes my knees weaken. "And now you're here, I'll be completely lost in you."
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Hope you all have a fantastic weekend! We’ll be offline as usual, so I’ll talk to you all on Monday <3
Comments
Eve
So excited for it!!
Seraphinite Games
It very much is N, hehe! 😄
Seraphinite Games
I'm gradually making my way through playing it! Really enjoying what's there so far—surprised at how much I'm enjoying the combat. I usually just trudge through combat in games to get to the story stuff, but it's really fun in Veilguard, hehe!
Seraphinite Games
It does seem to be a particular talent of theirs, hehe! ;D
Seraphinite Games
N just can't seem to help themself, hehe! ;D
Seraphinite Games
She is really on the road to recovery now, thank you! ❤️
Seraphinite Games
There's a lot weighing down on N during this book, that's for sure!
Seraphinite Games
No worries! I deleted it from the scene, but I've kept hold of it. There was too much in there ready for when that scene does actually crop up, hehe! ;D
Cecelia Wiederrich
Get well soon!
Mewsly
Best Wishes to Nai! ❤️ Feel better soon!
Swietlana
All best wishes to Nai, hope she gets better soon.
Brandon Gill
Our best well wishes to her!!
Eve
Hope Nai recovers soon! I never like hospitals. Also, as a writer, I hope you didn't actually DELETE the stuff you wrote! Whenever I'm dissatisfied I always just move the stuff I don't like to a separate place, then begin the rewrite - so I can still refer back to anything I DID like from the discarded draft. Specific lines, phrases, or words, usually. Plus, it's nice to see the stuff that got chopped when I'm finished, LOL!
Maydayknight
Hope you feel better soon Nai!!
Nathaniel Mayfield
Feel better Nai. And Nat if you're that lost in thought that vampire senses can't pick up on someone coming...something is wrong
Seren
Sending lots of well-wishes to Nai. I hope she feels better soon! And oh, that snippet is lovely
Ant Lrt
Oh N, you smooth operator.
Mar
All my love to Nai! Glad she’s getting to feeling better Oh Suavewell, always making me swoon! Can turn on the charm to change the subject on a dime (wonder what had their attention!)
Exana Zen
So sorry to hear about Nai, glad to hear she’s on the mend though! Lots of love to you both 🫂❤️ Ps. Do let us know what you thought of DA: Veilguard once you’ve played it, I’m dying to hear what you think about it 👀
Jason Bond
That is so N! Love Nat
