“I’m sorry,” she says. “I just . . . don’t think we should do this any more.”

The painting behind her is ugly. Whorls of green and grey, an undertone of blue. Somebody’s idea of modern abstract. Somebody with no taste.

Good to hear from you.  :-)  I don’t actually write with an intentional rhythm, although that doesn’t necessarily mean there isn’t one there.  Not so much with Winter Rain (which is meant to be a bit hard and raw in style), but with most of my writing, I like the words to “flow” — which has at least something to do with the way things sound to me when I’m reading them out loud.  So, I may well unintentionally be putting rhythm into it.

In this case, though, Winter Rain is pretty much a first draft.  I mean, some stuff gets rewritten before I post it, but never after.  My goal with this one is to tell an interesting story, driven by characters and informed by a complex setting.  It’s most important for me to keep moving forward with it, because if I stop to edit it, past history tells me I’m likely to lose myself in a vicious cycle of rewriting, instead of actually finishing the story.

That all is not to say there will be a second draft — I’m not sure there will be.  This is my webcomic, after all — when it’s done . . . I’m not sure I’ll be able to nor have the interest to make it something different than it is. 

But Winter Rain has been a great experience for me.  I learn something almost every time I sit down to write, and it’s nearly a year in and I’m still enjoying telling the story.  I’m not looking for it to end any time soon. 

Thanks for commenting!

Chris.