whew

[kindkit]

Finished the first draft of the Brother Jerome story tonight. 17,190 words, so it's the longest single story I've ever written (and I need to add at least one scene at the beginning during editing). It will need so, so, SO much editing. But it has an ending I'm fairly happy with, and it has a shape, and I know more or less what the emotional beats should be now even if they need a lot more refining.

BTW, contrary to my icon, it does not end with sexytimes. There isn't even any on-page kissing, as I feared there might not be. (If I didn't find sex scenes so difficult, I'd be tempted to write--as a separate piece--the first time of two middle-aged, vowed celibate, convinced-they-are-sinning virgins. The phrase "comedy of errors" comes to mind. But also, somehow, something beautiful and numinous and pure in the truest way.)

And I have now been deeply immersed in the viewpoint of a devoutly Christian character for around six weeks. It'll be interesting to see if I come out of it the same as when I went in.

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[sovay]

Finished the first draft of the Brother Jerome story tonight.

w00t! That's a novella.

(If I didn't find sex scenes so difficult, I'd be tempted to write--as a separate piece--the first time of two middle-aged, vowed celibate, convinced-they-are-sinning virgins. The phrase "comedy of errors" comes to mind. But also, somehow, something beautiful and numinous and pure in the truest way.)

I can continue being patient. I think that would be very poignant.

[kindkit]

Ah, thank you! I've come to love both of them very much in the process of writing the story. All the more because they are so ridiculous and at times so awful.

[lilacsigil]

Awesome!

[kindkit]

Thanks! I'm so happy to have written something again at last.

[tree_and_leaf]

I'm really looking forward to reading this!

[kindkit]

Yay! There's a lot of "and then he thought about what an awful sinner he was," and yet it was strangely fun to write, and hopefully will be interesting to read.

[halotolerant]

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