Welcome to the epilogue for In Our World: Book 5! Yes, this was the first time I pretty much stayed out of our world. But I think that was fun. So let's go over some plot points, shall we?
First of all, I had no master plan, for the first time in my writing. There was no "ideas for story" document littered with bullet points on my computer. Everything you read literally just came out of my head as it happened. After editing, this was the result. But literally, I had no master plan. I had some general ideas, but sometimes scrapped or postponed them.
For example, I was planning for Emily to be brought down to the HQ in chapter 2 or so just as she, Skipper, and Marlene were all talking, but scrapped that. I scrapped it because I realized there's not much of a story there if I did that so early.
I wouldn't have had all this indecision between my OC's. So the story obviously got longer. It might have only been 4 or 5 chapters if I had gone with that plan. Instead, it was 13 chapters.
I think some of my best writing was in the final chapters. I haven't written anything that well since maybe my Pengotter stories. Speaking of that, the substance was the exact same one that spilled on Skipper and Marlene. Interesting.
So let's get to other plot points. So since I technically have copyright in my world over theirs (in the stories only sadly), I can change things there. That idea also randomly came to me. That certainly helps everything, doesn't it? It made this book more fun, especially with my OC's interactions.
For the record, my initial intention with Emily, as explained back in Pengotters: The Early Months, was just a new member to be moved to the zoo. But then something made me change that. But hey, I struggled myself sometimes with doing that to Emily, as I've also said before.
So, yeah, through that, I technically altered Skilene again. I think in a new way. As far as I've seen, I haven't read anyone's stories where they did this to their characters. So if I were an annoying commenter on YouTube, I'd say "FIRST!" or something like that.
But if I'm not first with that, please direct me towards the actual first person to do this so I can read their story. I don't want to take credit away from anyone who rightfully did this first.
So, as usual, PM me if you've got any further plot questions. I'll be sure to add them to this document so that people can understand this more. Now for a little news.
I have Book 6 ready to go, but I feel it needs a lot of work before I publish it. But not to fear, I have an independent story in the meantime! Well actually a few, but this one shall go first. It's called Skilene: Memory Loss. Here's the gist:
Skipper and Marlene happily just became a couple. Or did they? Are their minds playing tricks on them or not?
That's all I'll say for now! You'll have to wait for the chapters to be released to find out. That's only a week away! Yep, a one week break, like between Pengotters: The Early Months and Book 4. Sorry. But I hope you've enjoyed this story and will enjoy the next one!
Day Planning Began: October 27th, 2013
Finish Date: November 3rd, 2013 (edits after too)