tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302273.post115981711421149264..comments2023-10-08T04:31:20.162-04:00Comments on The Secret Thread: Literature & Spiritual Life: Journal of a "Novel"-Entry 24Duke Altumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17494561267128023739noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302273.post-1160428159880014742006-10-09T17:09:00.000-04:002006-10-09T17:09:00.000-04:00Duke, I think the notion of you hearing about what...Duke, I think the notion of you hearing about what the chapters are going to be like and then reading a slightly different story when you actually get them is probably not going to change.....certainly my Chapter 2 has changed its stripes several times as I have been writing it, and it's only 3/4 done. There will probably be a few more changes before the thing is finished. But hopefully when the story shifts as it is being drawn out of me, these changes serve the story better. It will definitely be interesting to see what you make of the second chapter, which certainly has been every bit as arduous to write as Chapter 1, if not more so. <BR/><BR/>The idea for the Epilogue came from something that has been around in my head for years, but I never really brought it in and connected it to the novel I am writing now. It was sparked by sometime I saw on my original trip to Indiana in 1999 that in some ways was the beginning of this novel. But I am going to try to incorporate it into my story in a way that hopefully contributes to the "right" resolution to the novel. Time will tell, and that part is way down the road: by the time I get there, the story may have changed so much in general that the idea has no place. It's anybody's guess....thanks for reading these posts.Mutt Ploughmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886850428991826645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302273.post-1160077612118124742006-10-05T15:46:00.000-04:002006-10-05T15:46:00.000-04:00Wow, Mutt dropped an intriguing hint there at the ...Wow, Mutt dropped an intriguing hint there at the end that I didn't even get to until days later... is this an entirely new idea Mutt, or was this something you had planned earlier and is just starting to take some shape in your mind now? Either way, it's interesting to watch this story sort of slowly take on a form in the "real world" as you write the various parts. I've heard you talk about the Prologue and first few chapters, and then read them, and I think that what was originally envisioned is certainly not always what came out on the page. Not that I haven't enjoyed what's on the page! But it's just interesting to observe the process...<BR/><BR/>The Secret Thread is wide open for you to continue to report on your progress in this project... why not? This is a blog about literature, and why not talk about writing it as well as reading it? Those who are interested in the latter will certainly have some interest in the former, even if they themselves don't possess that particular gift... so bring it on. As I've said before, who knows? We could be making literary history...Duke Altumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494561267128023739noreply@blogger.com