Meredith Mansfield, Author

Only a week ago, I posted that my rolling outline for BECOME: TO RIDE THE STORM stretched six chapters ahead of where I was at that point.

Well, now I’m down to two, counting the one I just started. Well, three, but only because I added another new chapter before the one that returns to Kaleran’s POV.

Sometime in the course of these next three chapters, I’m going to have to extend that outline to cover what everyone does next. Of course, I know that in a general way. I need to get a little more specific about how and why.

Margan and Rose, currently at the heart of the story, have to figure out what it is they need to do–and whether they have the courage to do it. Oh, and how to do it; that would probably be useful, too. Kaleran has to make a choice, which won’t end up exactly the way he thought it would. Gaian has to start becoming what he was always destined to be–but that won’t be easy or comfortable.

And, of course, we can’t forget the antagonist. What’s Cordan up to while all this is going on? I’ve left him a very good source for finding the others before they can achieve their goals. But he can’t do that quite yet. Come to think of it, I need a Cordan chapter soon. He’s had a set back, but he’s a long way from giving up.

Discovering the story is half the fun.