When I started this story, I didn't know that it was going to be this long. I started putting the bare bones of a plot together, and I thought "well, this'll just be a fun little oneshot." But after I'd finished a chapter's worth of writing without even getting officially started, I figured, "okay, maybe it'll be like four chapters."
Heh heh heh.
(Of course, this may be partly due to the fact that I have a bad habit of spending too much time on dialogue and not enough moving things forward.)
Well, now I'm at chapter 11 and I have no idea how much longer it's going to go on. If any of you have noticed, the plot has already expanded far beyond what I'd planned at first (the summary carries through about chapter six, except of course for my promise of plot twists which has yet to be fulfilled.)
Besides, at this point, I'm pretty much completely, totally, 100% making this up as I go along. I don't know what each new chapter will hold until I'm writing it. The only thing I know is how it's going to end. But I don't know how I'm going to get there. I hope it just falls into place as I write. There could be two more chapters; there could be ten. I don't know yet.
Basically, this fic has become an adventure. And you're all going on it with me.
Next chapter will be up tomorrow.