Andromeda

Yeah....it could take a while to read if I continue to wait for each chapter. BUT it's nice to see you have a lot of it out. hehe ^^

The volume of sub-arcs for the first arc make it look like there is a lot there, but the sub-arcs on the average are pretty short. It is when you get to the second arc that things truly get long. I'm at Ch 174 today and I'm still in the second sub-arc of the second arc. The second arc won't be ending until I'm in the 200s.

You even keep track of what you're GOING to post. I assume you have the WHOLE thing planned out already?

I don't have every detail figured out yet. It is why things are still in development. But I have most of the large picture things figured out. It is locking down the plot per arc that I'm doing right now. But yes, I plan very far ahead. I actually introduce characters and plot elements that don't become relevant for several hundred chapters in the first arc. So I plan ahead accordingly to keep everything well connected.

There's just so many ways writers can plan their stories and all, so I'm just amazed to be reading what other people do. My comfort zone is not so big compared to other people.

We all have to start somewhere. You begin with what you're comfortable with and expand. For me, I'm a very organized person and I like planning things out. I did so pretty deliberately for Shift though since I wanted a well connected story with foreshadowing and seeded events.

Yeah. Sometimes I plan things out, but the difference is that I tend to make last minute changes and sometimes the original idea isn't put into effect. So I try not to talk too much about it.

With all that said, you managed to attract me to your stories with your own style so I'm hooked.

It is good to be flexible. An inflexible plan can be bad as well. I may have a lot of things planned out, but even I still change things since while I'm writing I discover something that is better. As long as you can see the big picture while you're working and keep towards it changing things isn't a problem.

Then that makes two of us. Something better tends to show up even when things sound fine as they are.