Dreamer's Sanctuary

There are three kinds of writers: 1) planners, who plan out everything before they write, 2) pantsers, who fly by the seat of their pants and write without planning ahead, and 3) plantsers, who do a combination of both. I am mostly a planner who leaves myself enough wiggle room to perhaps be considered a plantser. No one who knows my writing habits would call me a pantser. And yet, I will admit, the chapter I’m posting today was totally pantsed.

Chapter 33 of My Brother’s Keeper is up, and just to make myself clear: I did not plan this. I sat down in front of my computer on Martin Luther King Day with the beginning line in my head and no idea what to write next. So I went ahead and typed the first line, hoping more words would follow. Then I kept typing, flying by the seat of my pants, and what came out of those pants?

(Warning: Spoilers ahead.)

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The fifth and final part of Episode 12 of 00Carter has been posted, and just like that, our first new episode in almost a decade is done!  But don’t worry — the next two episodes are already finished, and we’re getting ready to start writing another one.  We hope you enjoy the end of this one.  We’d appreciate hearing from anyone who did.  Even if you didn’t, we always welcome you to leave feedback and let us know what you think!

You’ll find a link to a “Behind the Episode” blog at the bottom of Part 5.  We had so much fun writing the retrospective blogs for the old episodes, we decided to continue writing a blog about each new episode to be posted with the last part.  We hope you’ll enjoy getting a peek inside our writing process.  Thanks for reading!

In honor of the youngest Backstreet Boy’s birthday, I’m updating a day early!  Chapter 32 of My Brother’s Keeper is up, and it’s a Nick chapter!  To me, this chapter exemplifies Unbreakable-era Nick:  still a volatile hot mess at times, but fiercely loyal to his friends and well on his way to becoming the stand-up guy we know him as today.  Writing about this version of him from fourteen years ago makes me appreciate how much he has grown since then and what a good man he’s matured into.  Proud of you, Nick!

Earlier this week, I outlined the rest of the story.  As of right now, it’s looking like it will be about fifty chapters long, which is what I’ve been thinking for a while.  Of course, now that I post that publicly, it will probably go longer than that because I always seem to underestimate just how many words it will take for me to write what I have planned, but I don’t think it will go too far past Chapter 50.  My goal is to finish it by the end of summer.  Thank you to those who are still reading!

00Carter has been updated with Part 4 of Episode 12: “Mr. Body Beautiful.”  If you read A Heart That Isn’t Mine a few years ago and thought, “You know what this story needs?  Singing!” then guess what?  This is the chapter for you! It’s kinda like a musical comedy version of AHTIM!  I hope you’ll give it a chance.

Chapter 31 of My Brother’s Keeper is up!  Like I said in my last update, I’ve been on a roll with this story again lately, so expect more updates soon!  Like maybe next Friday for a certain Backstreet Boy’s birthday?  Thanks for reading! I’ll be back on Monday with the next 00Carter part!