In my last post (“Episode 1”), I mentioned considering trying my hand at serializing a story I’ve already sketched out/written that as of yet hasn’t seen the light of day. As the title of this post indicates, I’m actually giving it a go.

So far so good, I’m happy to report—aside from my usual stumbling through the first phase of organization. For some unknown reason, my opening move usually involves creating a Gordian knot of files & folders, all the while being thoroughly convinced I’ll remember what each & every one holds even though experience has proven otherwise.

Well, I’ll just attribute that whole mess . . . I mean puzzle . . . to my personal creative process & move on.

My next step was to research common practice for serialization these days, read some samples from Kindle Vella since that’s the platform I’ll be using, peruse the tokens routine & all that. Then I relaxed into reading a few classic serializations before moving back to contemporary times.

Gotta admit, I’m more fascinated by the whole process than I imagined at the outset. As I mentioned, there’s something oddly familiar about reframing stories into episodes, so I’m leaning into that sensation.

Anyway, here’s hoping that fascination carries through the rest of the rewriting/reorganizing process.

Till next time,

Drew