Originally posted by MrsLuthor:
Originally posted by LabRat:
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I wrote the second half of it 'live' - as soon as I posted one part here on the mbs, I'd be writing the next and sending it off to my beta to get it ready for posting within a couple of days, often incorporating ideas brought up by readers as I went, which would sometimes double the page count.
LabRat
Interesting that you said that. I always wonder about people who post each part as they write it. I can't stand to post something that I haven't finished because I don't use outlines; I just write freely with a basic idea of what I want to eventually happen and several times I'll go back and rearrange certain facts because they foreshadow something that I write later on that I didn't even think of including. If that made any sense lol [/b]Actually, it makes perfect sense to me! I almost never post anything until I am done with a story, unless I am 100% certain that I am on the last chapter or two and will not be changing around anything in the earlier chapters.
Also, I never know how long the writing process is going to take. And I hate leaving my readers hanging.