Happy March! I don’t know if the weather’s been extreme where you live, but Mother Nature was having some kind of bipolar episode here in the Midwest this week! At one point, we literally went from 77 to 17 degrees in the span of about twelve hours. Crazy! But that lovely taste of spring has me hoping the worst of winter is behind us.
It’s still winter in The World Will Be Waiting, which has been updated with Chapter 54! This is the chapter I was writing two weeks ago when I posted the poll about my two female original characters. Thank you to everyone who took a moment to vote; I appreciate your feedback! It was interesting to see the results – apparently, there are a lot more of you who feel the same as me than I realized! No one ever really says much about Dawn in their comments, so it’s nice to know other people do like her character.
The reason I posted that poll was because this chapter went completely off the rails! It was supposed to start with a short Kevin-Dawn scene that would lead in to Kevin and Natalie’s trip to Jamaica, which the rest of the chapter would focus on, but it definitely did not turn out that way. I’ve mentioned before that I am mostly plantsing this story – half planning, half flying by the seat of my pants – and this chapter is a perfect example of that. It took me in a different direction from where I was planning to go, and I just went with it, letting it unfold the way my characters apparently wanted it. Take that as you will; I’ll probably have more to say on the subject when I finish the story, whenever that may be.
I also discovered a trope/kink that I didn’t realize was a thing with me until it dawned on me, during the writing of this chapter, how many similar scenes I’ve written in other stories. If you’ve read enough of my other work, you may be able to figure out what it is after reading this chapter. I hope you enjoy it and am curious to hear your thoughts on it!