May 28, 1998
Darn, now I'm procrastinating with chapter 4. Meanwhile, on the HLML, I
wrote a Giant Lizard CRS skit, took over the CRS informational posts,
and started a CRS Talent Contest and Slinky Search. I hate it when I'm
avoiding something; although my productivity usually goes way up.
I'm rereading Brant's "Callisto's Way" and I'm seeing some similarities
between that story and mine. Callisto and Joxer, Callisto needs Joxer's
help, Joxer cooking fish (and being a good cook). I'm a subconscious
plagerist. Forgive me Brant. Now I know why the XWP writers don't read
the fan fiction.
June 12, 1998
I'm finally done with chapter 4. No dialogue. I was halfway through the
chapter when I noticed that I had no dialogue so I decided to keep it
that way as a change of pace. You can also think of all the scenes as
void of sound except for the crackling of fire and the screams at the
end. Maybe I'll make it more explicit -- it makes the dream starker.
Perhaps I made up too much of Callisto's childhood. I got the name of
Maya from Melissa's story: The Lie.
June 23, 1998
Finished chapter 6. Hopefully I came up with a good explanation for
Callisto's return from Oblivion. I was a little sick while writing the
second half so I'll check later for coherency.
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August 11, 1988
I saw "XWP: Dreamworker" for the first time and the part where Xena
meets her evil self reminds me of how I see The Other.
Finished chapter 13, which I started out intending it to be chapter 7.
It's getting really hard to continue writing. Someday I'll finish. Now
I have to get from chapter 6 to chapter 13 properly.
March 13, 1999
After an unusually long hiatus I finally got chapter 8 written.
Originally, my idea notes say that Callisto apologizes to Gabrielle.
For what? Killing Perdicus? Oh, I suppose she could have done that.
When I actually wrote the story my point was for Gabrielle to kill
Callisto in revenge. Which is what the chapter is mostly about. Some
added stuff at the beginning to show that Gabrielle has changed
greatly. I'm not good with action sequences so the fight scene was kind
of short.
By now I know that Callisto is coming back to XWP, at the end of this
season. So I need to finish this story, or I may be forces to make
substantial changes later. 5 chapters in the next few months... We'll
see if I can do it.
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