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So, I've hit the point on a work in progress where I gave up and created my usual table at the bottom of the file, the one I refer to as 'Oh, fuck, this is a novel.' Then I ended up discussing it in a couple Discord servers, so I'm going to post it here, in case it's helpful to anyone else.
I got desperate tracking everything in Sirocco, and this is what worked for me. Now I do it anytime a fic gets so long that it's giving me trouble.
When I was writing the first story that turned into a novel on me (Sirocco), I eventually started loosing track of threads and plot points. So I put a table at the end (i.e., theoretically right under whatever I was writing). It's very straightforward:
Scene: Number
Pages: Where in the doc?
Characters: Who's in this scene? If I'm trying to stick to, or vary, POVs, I add POV to the notes, too.
Major points: Quick synopsis and, in this case, what plot points have made it onto the page so far.
I got desperate tracking everything in Sirocco, and this is what worked for me. Now I do it anytime a fic gets so long that it's giving me trouble.
Oh, I forgot one part: This is also a good way to keep track of details you know need to still go in! Sometimes, my last three or four rows are stuff that needs to occur and which characters need to be there.
Anyway, hope the idea helps someone!
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Happy Wednesday!
I'm taking search offline sometime today to upgrade the server to a new instance type. It should be down for a day or so -- sorry for the inconvenience. If you're curious, the existing search machine is over 10 years old and was starting to accumulate a decade of cruft...!
Also, apparently these older machines cost more than twice what the newer ones cost, on top of being slower. Trying to save a bit of maintenance and cost, and hopefully a Wednesday is okay!
Edited: The other cool thing is that this also means that the search index will be effectively realtime afterwards... no more waiting a few minutes for the indexer to catch new content.
hello!
just wanted to promote my new DW commqueerbookclub!
the community is a no pressure book club dedicated to fiction books of all genres that are queer in some way! each month we take suggestions on what the next month's book should be and we vote on it. if you're not interested in the book for the month, that's perfectly fine! you are free to come and go as you please. :)
we plan to start in may and currently book nominations for may are open until april 26th.
hope to see you there!
just wanted to promote my new DW comm
queerbookclub! the community is a no pressure book club dedicated to fiction books of all genres that are queer in some way! each month we take suggestions on what the next month's book should be and we vote on it. if you're not interested in the book for the month, that's perfectly fine! you are free to come and go as you please. :)
we plan to start in may and currently book nominations for may are open until april 26th.
hope to see you there!
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