Author's Notes (in which I ramble on about technical and not so technical things)
Three chapters without any author's notes? Had you all worried, didn't I? ;) Well, it's been a good last six months. I'd like to thank all of you who've been reviewing, especially Katmillia and Freida Right; I really, really appreciate it. Thanks so much for taking the time to read my story! Also, a thanks to everyone who's read, but not necessarily reviewed. I hope you enjoyed the story so far!
It's amazing what's become of something that started off as a practice exercise in creative writing! I did start this back in February, thinking it would be an interesting idea to take on a fic based on Rydia, but not being sure if I'd actually continue it past chapter one…as it turned out, this project of mine became a good diversion for me during my boyfriend's deployment to Iraq, and I really enjoyed writing it. Therefore…eighteen chapters were born.
I also want to apologize for making you all wait so long for the final chapter. Truth be told, I had written the very end of the chapter back in March, so I had part of the chapter already written, but there was so much to jam into this final chapter of Escaping the Flames, that I took a lot of time making sure it was as good as I could get it on my own and on little sleep. Plus…life got a bit busy with helping a friend move to a different college, and a whole bunch of other things going on with only a few weeks left of summer.
I know at the end of the last chapter it said "el fin", but for those of you who might be concerned, I am continuing this story. Escaping the Flames is officially over, but Rydia's story is not. At this moment I have no title for the next part of her story, and please expect at least two or three weeks before anything new is up. You might get lucky and there may be something up this week, but we'll see. Check my profile for any updates, I'll try to update it whenever something new is being worked on.
As to the last three chapters of Escaping the Flames…I didn't realize how much it would take out of me to write them. Chapter seventeen was, I believe, the longest of the chapters I'd written so far. It was hard to balance out all of the tension occurring between the characters at relatively the same times. You may have noticed my brief scene with Kain. I didn't give him much dialogue…but he really doesn't have much there in the first place. I wanted to give him more of a presence than any dialogue, but I'm not sure if I succeeded. I'll be more fair to him once he arrives back into the story later on. For now I had to make him as evil as I could because it's from Rydia's perspective, and she's been through quite a bit of trauma...
The other difficulty was trying to keep Rydia's character consistent. Her dialogue throughout the entire story has been fairly simple. I didn't give her complex lines because, after all, she's only seven. A lot of her reactions are sensory; touch, sight, sound, and emotions she picks up from those she's around. I'm very excited to write her going through the years and growing up. Yay! More than just sensory detail!
Aaaand, I believe that's all for my notes! Thanks again for reading! Until next time!
myth.
