Esther
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Elizabeth Hunter:
I recently reread the Elemental Mysteries and Building from Ashes. I picked up more details regarding Carwyn's story that weave through EM and then appear again in BfA from a different perspective. What a fantastic approach! What was your strategy? Did you do something similar regarding Damian and Sari's story as you were writing the Irin Chronicles? Thanks for taking the time to respond :)
Elizabeth Hunter
Hey Esther! Thanks for asking such a cool question!
I knew fairly early in the Elemental Mysteries series that I wanted to write SOMETHING about Carwyn, but I wasn't sure if it would be a full novel or a novella or what have you. But I knew he had stuff going on and a story to tell. I keep a LOT of notes and timelines for all my characters, so when I went back to weave his story into the existing series, I just had to refer to my notes from the series when I was building his story. (which, yes, did get complicated at times)
It was a very similar approach to how I wrote Damien and Sari's story, though that one took a lot more work and world-building because it went back in Irin history.
I knew fairly early in the Elemental Mysteries series that I wanted to write SOMETHING about Carwyn, but I wasn't sure if it would be a full novel or a novella or what have you. But I knew he had stuff going on and a story to tell. I keep a LOT of notes and timelines for all my characters, so when I went back to weave his story into the existing series, I just had to refer to my notes from the series when I was building his story. (which, yes, did get complicated at times)
It was a very similar approach to how I wrote Damien and Sari's story, though that one took a lot more work and world-building because it went back in Irin history.
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