Oct
26
2013
It’s been a while since you’ve seen one of these posts, but I was able to focus a bit and fill out most of the narrative for Chapter 19 of Tico3. We’ll see if I add an extra sequence or not. I kinda like where it’s stopping now, but I might go ahead and write the additional sequence and see what happens. Stay tuned.
Oct
22
2013
Though it sounds rather counter-intuitive, I did a little dialog on Chapters 21 and 22 of Tico3 before passing out last night so I would have at least some token progress to report. You might ask why I did this instead of working to wrap up Chapter 19 because it needs to be ready for next week. To that I can only shrug. ^_^;
Oct
22
2013
Today’s been so hectic I almost forgot to post about yesterday’s progress. I’ve mostly finished up the dialog for Chapters 19 and 20 of Tico3, so I just need to flesh out the narrative and I’ll finally have a little bit of a buffer set up to match TTWC1’s.
Oct
18
2013
After a day without progress, I managed to get a little dialog done in Chapter 20 of Tico3. I planned on doing more, but I kinda conked out while I was at it and, when I came to a couple hours later, decided to go on to bed. Here’s to getting more done today.
Oct
16
2013
I wrote a little dialog on Chapter 19 of Tico3 and played around some with the peripheral materials. That’s about it, really.
Oct
14
2013
I’ve pretty well finished Chapter 18. Now all I have to do is let it sit until Wednesday and go back over it before posting it to the site. Given my lead on TTWC1, I may continue to stick with Tico3 this week and try to get a little ahead in the story.
I’m a little worried about how the Battle of Mars Arc is weighted heavily in favor of the Army and Marines with a little high-level Navy stuff interspersed. We’ll see, though. I may opt to continue as it’s laid out and then reevaluate the whole when it’s done. I’m thinking about how Jeff’s plotline was so dominant in Volume II (though rightfully so) and I have some concerns with the balance of the cast. Even though Matt is ostensibly the protagonist, the Tico series isn’t like, say, KoG where the protagonist overwhelmingly retains his spot center stage. Maybe I’m on the right track in spite of my concerns. Who knows? We’ll see how things develop.
Oct
14
2013
I managed to get through the second section of Chapter 18 and I just have to fill out the narrative of the third section to wrap things up. Shouldn’t be too hard to finish. Stay tuned.
Oct
12
2013
I have most of the dialog written on Chapter 18 of Tico3. I just need to round it out and fill in the narrative and I’ll be good to go. Another day or two of work should do the trick.
Oct
11
2013
I managed to inch along a little more, but as the content of the upcoming post will reveal, I should now have more time to focus on my writing. Stay tuned.
Oct
10
2013
I made some progress on Chapter 18 of Tico3. Not as much as I would’ve liked, but progress is progress. There aren’t any big action setpieces I have to choreograph in this chapter, so it should go by fairly quickly once I buckle down. Stay tuned.