Chapters

I just wanted to let everyone know that I won't be able to add many chapters over the course of the next week. Theatre calls! But I'll be back on schedule after that.

Thanks for your patience!

-Annabelle

Email

The email address for this story is:

ShiftersNovel@aol.com

You can send messages to this email if your have any questions or comments on the story, or about textnovel in general.

-Annabelle

Progress

Looking back on all that's happened in the past month and a half, it's amazing to see how far Shifters has come. With 20 votes and counting, I couldn't be more proud. I must confess that I never thought I would come this far.

I'm still looking for websites on shape shifting, unfortunately. I'm hoping to be able to find some to share with you soon.

Lastly, I'm in the process of setting up an email account for Shifters. I'll post it when it's all set :)

Thanks again for all your help!

-Annabelle

Update and Links

There honestly hasn't been much to post lately, but I'd like to once again thank everyone for their support. I know I've mentioned this in almost every post, but it deserves constant recognition, in my opinion!

I also realize that I haven't been keeping up with the additions regularly. This is mostly because they take longer to write than the new chapters. Hopefully I'll be able to catch up on the weekend. Teachers really should give less homework...

Lastly, I'm trying to look for some links to websites containing information on shape-shifters. So far, all I've got is Wikipedia, but once I find more I'll post them!

-Annabelle

Invites and Additions

First of all, I wanted to just say that if I sent anyone an invite twice on Textnovel, I'm sorry... I haven't been going about it in the most organized fashion.

Also, as some of you might have noticed I have started to add more description to the first few chapters of Shifters. I'm working on Chapter 5 now, and hope to at least double the lengths of all of the novel's chapters. And with that comes a suggestion.

I'm trying to add to a chapter a day, so it will take me awhile before I'm all caught up. But when I'm done with these edits, those who have been keeping up with the story might want to go back and skim over the additions. You might learn something about Lily or one of the other characters that you didn't know about before!

And lastly I want to, as always, thank those of you who have voted for and commented on Shifters. Your support and thoughts have been very helpful!

-Annabelle

Oops...

I just realized that I had a million events in the story happening on the same day!!! Ahhhh!!!

I tried to go back and give Lily a bit a rest between some of these happenings, so hopefully it will seem a bit more realistic now, time-wise.

Sorry about that!!!

-Annabelle

Sick!!!

I haven't been able to post recently because I've been sick!!!

But it has given me some time to think. I'm guessing that I'm about halfway through Shifters, and I think it's time that I take a short break from adding to the storyline to go back and improve earlier chapters. There are certain places where I would like to add much more description, and I can almost feel myself using the same words over and over again, which is also something I would like to fix. Later today I'm thinking of pulling out a magical thing called a Thesaurus and trying to expand my vocabulary :)

So, in short, there won't be as many new chapters for the next few days. But I'll try to alternate editing and writing to keep the story moving somewhat.

-Annabelle

Coldplay and The End (no, not yet!)

I probably won't be posting every day from here on out. There's really not that much to say! Just wanted to get that out.

Also, I want to thank Coldplay for their song The Hardest Part (not that they'll be reading this, more for Coldplay fans like me). It gave me an idea that will help intertwine two things that I wanted to happen at the end of the story.

Which brings me to another point. I think I've come up with how I want Shifters to end! Kind of a bittersweet moment for me. I'm can't tell you yet, though. You'll have to keep up with the story to find out!

One last thing: I metioned that I would be going back and adding more detail after I finished the story line. Just wanted to warn people ahead of time that this may include condensing and splitting up chapters. I won't be doing this for awhile, but it might be confusing when I do start, so I wanted to give everyone a heads up.

Thanks again, as always!

-Annabelle

Double Digits & Details

It's official: Shifters votes have hit double digits. Thanks, you guys!

Also, I'd like to remind everyone, (or tell everyone for the first time, as I don't know if I've mentioned it before), that I will, after finishing the general storyline, be going back to the beginning to add in more detail. Chapters are averaging to about two pages in length for now, but by the time the story is complete my goal for an average chapter will be around four to five pages. Or possibly five to six. It all depends on how many chapters I end up with in the end :)

-Annabelle

Characters & Names

After I posted yesterday, I realized that there actually were a few edits I had wanted to make. And big ones at that.

First of all, the fainting scene seemed a bit out of character for Lily. So, I replaced it with another showcase of her temper.

Secondly, the name "Lightning" was seeming a bit cheesy to me, so I changed it to "Flash", an equally suitable name.

And lastly, to make "The Collision" sound more, well, established, I decided to translate the name into Latin. So it is now referred to as "Offensus".

That's all. For now :)

-Annabelle

For the Very First Time...

I have no edits to announce!

I would like to keep up posting as much as I can, however, and since I have the time, I want to again encourage anyone who likes Shifters so far to vote and/or review the story on www.textnovel.com. Your support matters!

-Annabelle

No School! & Sophomore Change & Votes!

It's a snow day, and I don't have school! Yes! Which means, of course, more updates and additions to Shifters.

Lily is now a sophomore. Reading over what I've already written, I realized that the story has ended up being more characteristic of books meant for kids in junior high to early high school, rather than in late high school. I've found that between Twilight and Inkheart, it's more similar to Inkheart, and the main character of that story is only twelve!!! So I've lowered Lily's age. However, she still must be able to drive, so sixteen is my minimum. It fits.

If you feel this is a bad change, please say so! It's easy enough to put things back the way they were. And this goes for any changes I make :)

Lastly, I'd like to announce that the number of votes for Shifters has tripled since Friday! Thank you for all your help!

-Annabelle

More Changes

To all of you who knew Dr. Brown as a woman, she is now a man. This is due to an upcoming event in the story that a male Dr. Brown would suit better than a female, in my opinion. I also wanted to strengthen the relationship between Russell and Dr. Brown. That's all I can say without giving away any information to those of you who haven't read that much of the story yet.

Also, if you are confused in any way, please comment, or review the story on textnovel, and let me know. I will go back and try to clarify anything that doesn't make sense in the story, I just need to know what that may be. It's a lot, and I myself sometimes become befuddled in all the aspects of the Shifters!

And don't forget, if you like the story on textnovel, give it a vote! I thank all of you who already have!

-Annabelle