You know, I may have a bit of writer’s block, but I still get some great ideas while I’m working.

Yeah? Like what?

Well, I can’t just give out all of my cool ideas here. But I’m considering a short story about heroes. Super or otherwise, no idea yet.

That could be pretty cool.

Right? I’m also considering posting a project I’ve been wanting to work on. I found that it was easier to start making progress with TBtK when I started it on here. Maybe the same will be true with other single-story projects.

Yeah, you’re working on a much larger project, aren’t you? How many books was it you currently have planned?

If it works out how I want it to, 7. Five books for one part of the overall story, two for the other. Each book will be from a different perspective, so a reader that reads them all would get the most full picture. Alternatively, you pick the character that you like the voice of the most and read their version. The first part will be five perspectives, then, but only two for the second.

Only two? Why’s that? You’re not killing main characters, right?

Not planning to, no. It’s more a matter of a change of theme, in a way. Not really a change in theme, I guess, but… In what the characters value or learn. The first story will have five perspectives on friendship, relationships, and growing up. The second… On ideals, truth, and a clash of friends that see things from different eyes. Which story you read first could drastically alter how you see the story itself, until you’ve read enough to get the whole picture.

That sounds complicated. And won’t writing that way open yourself to potential plot holes? I mean, writing the same story from so many perspectives… You’re bound to get what someone said or did wrong.

That’s the beauty of it. See, how any one person perceives a situation will be different from how another person will, even people brought up the same or in similar circumstances. One person will focus on what is said, another what’s done. Yet another will focus on what they feel, or think, or think others were thinking. Then, on top of that, add that human memory is fallible. No one has absolute perfect memory of any event that happens to them. So, yes, dialogue will be varied slightly between each book, but that will help you see what each character focuses on or finds important. Likewise, the amount of description for each character will change, scenes that they find important will change, and how they interact with other characters when alone or in a smaller group won’t show in every single book. There will be scenes only in one book, or two, all the way up to scenes shared by all.

This is the kind of writing challenge you’ve been looking for, isn’t it?

Oh, definitely. Nameless is another good challenge, but I’m not sure I’m up to it as a writer yet. And the original prompt for TBtK is one I intend to hit up again in the near future, but I’m again not sure if I’m at the point I could manage it yet.

Well, what else are you thinking about working on?

I’m hoping to get some more dialogues like this one out. I’m hoping that I’ll start to find more time to write them as these “conversations” happen in real time. It feels inauthentic to sit and write about things in this style when I pre-selected the theme and all. It feels more legit to just sit like this and chat in real time, at least as far as we see it.

I agree on that! I feel like it’s a lot more fun this way. And we can still write things and publish them in the future. Juuuuuust like this talk!

Bingo!