I’ve been writing this story called Apocalypse for a while. It gets written in fits and starts, whenever I get the impulse and add another chapter, but I’ve decided that I need to be more methodical about it if I’m ever to finish it.
It’s not that I lose interest, it is just that I lose focus - I start to overedit old stuff and don’t get anything new set down on paper.
Then tonight, while drinking some Glenlivet and watching a live performance of Moby Dick, an idea ocurred to me. I’m going to start publishing the various chapters online as I finish them, instead of just keeping them somewhere expecting the whole blasted thing to be done. This will probably force me to write regularly, and to remove that pesky overediting obsession.
A new section will be uploaded at the very least every other Monday, and I promise not to go back and edit the old ones, except when absolutely necessary to fix an error. The only little detail is that they’re written in Spanish (with a nice dose of Costa Rican slang and some Spanglish), so they might not be easy reading for a non-native.
We’ll see how it goes.
I might get in trouble with the costarrican slang, but will e-mail you for a glossary if needed.
Bring it on! I’ll be sure to nudge you regularly for new story chapters, in case you get too lazy.
My friend,
A glossary might be an interesting idea indeed. Just let me know of any words where the meaning might not be entirely clear. We can compile a slang dictionary as comments to the various entries.
Meanwhile, the first issue is out. Here’s the category:
http://ricardo.strangevistas.net/archive/cat_apocalipsis.html