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Chris and Nigel stories  [message #26101] Sun, 11 September 2005 04:06 Go to next message
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Why hasnt iomfats added any new chapters in book 3 of chris and nigel? The last chapter was added nearly 3 years ago. Why has he taken so long? I dont suppose he's died or anything similarly extreme :'-( I hope not, as i am desperate to read more of the Chris and Nigel saga. Chapter 2 of book 3 leaves us at a sort of cliffhanger!
Re: Chris and Nigel stories  [message #26103 is a reply to message #26101] Sun, 11 September 2005 10:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I haven't died.

I have not managed to write anything worthwhile since then. I love my characters too much to write rubbish for them, and the good stuff escapes me.

The reason is both simple and complex. I started to write because of huge unresolved issues over me, who and what I was and am, and my hopeless obsession for one boy of my youth, now a man of almost 54. I wrote out that obsession as gentle, stressful, romantic, erotic love.

Doing that gave me hope and courage. I confronted my demons and tried to meet the "boy of my dreams". While I didn't achieve meeting him I started on the road to resolving the obsession.

As the obsession eased the stress eased and the deep issues that I had receded. But those deep issues were the things that fed my writing.

So, for me, the stories worked, in a way. That doesn't help people who want to read more.

I've tried to write the next chapter time and time again, only to reject it because it is forced and is trash when I write it.

The plot was intended to look at the stress imposed on the school community by the fact of a random pupil having been abused, and the chaos that attitudes to that abused boy create. Only it will not flow.



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Re: Chris and Nigel stories  [message #26112 is a reply to message #26103] Sun, 11 September 2005 15:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Interesting, Timmy. It was after I started writing that I realised it was to 'confront and lay ghosts'.
For me that has been so successful to the point that I am now finding much harder to write.

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Re: Chris and Nigel stories  [message #26121 is a reply to message #26112] Sun, 11 September 2005 22:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Timmy,

Although I miss the stories in question, I am even more glad to hear that you feel like some of your issues are dealt with or at least somewhat understood and under control. It is so important to have that equalibrium in our lives.

The continuation of the story will happen if and when it is supposed to. Till then I will be content reading the plethora of others that are available on this site and others. It is just good to have you there keeping things going with iomfats and this forum.

Keep up the courage,

John
Re: Chris and Nigel stories  [message #26122 is a reply to message #26121] Sun, 11 September 2005 23:21 Go to previous message
timmy

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Thanks John.

That really is the primary reason for the other stories. I recognised the reasons my muse was drying out. And, since the reaosns are good, I accept it. I tried to force the story. I found it rejected my efforts.

You see, to me my characters are real friends. They act in their own unique ways in front of me as I write. The never behave right. They often hijack where I think the plot is going. That happened most times.



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