Category: crush-depth
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Crush Depth 21: Editing
Old posts are on the main Crush Depth page at the bottom. Ah, editing. Simultaneously my favorite part and my least favorite part of writing. Thankfully, from a big picture standpoint, Crush Depth is in good shape. That’s honestly to be expected considering it’s the fourth draft of the same story concept. But there’s a…
Ryan Patrick
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Crush Depth 20: Chapters 42-Epilogue – The End
Old posts are on the main Crush Depth page at the bottom. This is the end! Chapter Forty-Two: Pick up as soon as the last chapter ended. The survivors board the Nautilus; mosasaurs gently guide the submersible upward taking into account “the bends”. Lots of discussion and speculation, and a few points where they think…
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Crush Depth 19: Chapters 39-41 – Conversation
Previous posts are on the main Crush Depth page at the bottom. This is the part of the novel I’m the least sure about and that I’m likely going to fix the most in edits. The core concept is fine, but I think the pacing is wonky. More to come in edits. Chapter Thirty-Nine: It…
Ryan Patrick
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Crush Depth 18: Chapters 36-38 – Climax
Old posts are on the main Crush Depth page at the bottom. Last time, the mosasaurs had stopped their attack, but also had stopped talking. The surviving characters need to figure out how to speak with them again to see if they could help. Chapter Thirty-Six: The mosasaurs stop communicating. Debating options, Parkowski hypothesizes the…
Ryan Patrick
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Crush Depth 17: Chapters 33-35 – Deliberations
Older posts can be found on the main Crush Depth page. Last post, the mosasaurs attacked the other submersible Seaquest in the cave system and forced the protagonist and other main characters on the Nautilus to retreat. Chapter Thirty-Three: Continue from where the last scene ends. Parkowski demands an explanation for what happened. The Navy…
Ryan Patrick
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Crush Depth 16: Chapters 30-32 – Recovery
Older posts can be found on the main Crush Depth page. This is an incredibly valuable exercise for me and it also gives my readers an insight into my writing process. It’s been a long journey but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Chapter Thirty: Parkowski’s head is briefly probed by one…
Ryan Patrick
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Crush Depth 15: Chapters 27-29 – Aftershocks
Previous posts in this series can be found on the main Crush Depth page at the bottom. We left off after the big attack at the midpoint. The habitat is damage, some characters are dead or wounded, and the crew is recovering and theorizing about what the creatures are that are attacking them. Chapter Twenty-Seven:…
Ryan Patrick
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Crush Depth 14: Chapters 24-26 – The Aftermath
Older posts can be found at the bottom of the main Crush Depth page. In the last post, the mosasaurs attacked in waves and the crew of the habitat fought them off. This is somewhat different than the first two Crush Depth drafts where there was one big attack that the submarine wasn’t able to…
Ryan Patrick
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Crush Depth 13: Chapters 21-23 – The Big Attack
Old posts are on the main Crush Depth page at the bottom. This has been the midpoint of every single draft – and, yes, this is the fourth full version of this story concept! Versions 1 and 2 had the mosasaurs attack the USS Arizona, Versions 3 and 4 switched that to the underwater habitat…
Ryan Patrick
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Crush Depth 12: Chapters 18-20 – Just Before the Big Attack
These have been done for a week or so but I’m just getting around to doing this now. Old ones are here at the bottom of the page. If you saw my last post you know that I went back and rewrote a ton of what I have, mostly in a flow state in the…
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