After reading several volumes of high-fantasy in recent months, these books provided a refreshing change -- no battles between good and evil, no invincible protagonists...and the list goes on. Not that I don't like high-fantasy, but I needed a change of pace. ;) So yeah, the plots are interesting and the characters are equally interesting. They are definitely worth checking out when you have the time. ^__^

but I stop because I want it to be really perfect and I know I can't make it that way until I think and am really sure about things.

I think I know exactly what you mean. Because these scenes and stories are close to you, it's important to you to make them perfect -- but when you write them out, they no longer "look" the same in your mind -- it's as if it's become an alternate universe, or something. And I think, also, that when they're in your mind, there are certain implicit assumptions you make so that you don't need to really explain anything to yourself, but once you write it out for an audience, then you need to explain things to them because they don't know what you know.

Thanks for your input! It's really interesting to get glimpse at how other people think about these sorts of things. Since I don't really write much, I don't think I can compare my own experiences; but I do think I understand what you mean though. Especially doing the chronological thing to ensure that all of the scenes fit together.

For me, I'm crazy with planning -- for drawings, I like to plan out the entire sketch in my mind before I even pick up my pencil. So, with writing, I also like to plan before I start. I guess that's part of the problem -- I plan so much that I just become too lazy to write it all out! XD

*huggles* (hehe, my stack of stats books are glaring at me right now. *whacks them a bit* *whacks your history books, too, for good measure*)