User blog comment:Vngel W/Limbo, Impulsiveness, and more/@comment-10789912-20151204183343

What is the longest period of time you have held a story in your mind or in development/conceptual limbo? Well, that depends. In Torment (the entire series) was in my head for a large sum of time, but the concept/lore changed quite a bit from its starting position. The idea of a few of my other stories were actually originally just thoughts, which I later turned into stories. These could be argued to have originated years back.

Have you ever started to write another story in the midst of writing another? Not once. I may take a while to put out large stories, but writing smaller stories during that process will only damage the quality of the prior.

What are some of the key elements readers/writers look for when creating a series for stories? All stories need to connect well. All stories need to also work as stand-alone stories, instead of feeling like just a chapter (they need to please the reader, essentially). Terrible cliffhangers are a major insult. Lore most be good, and hopefully original. I can't stress this last bit out- character development is god, here.