A New Class

It is with some amount of trepidation that I decided today to remove the epic "Cas" from the planned story order for Act 1. There are several reasons for this, ranging from important to whimsical, but I only plan to list a few of them here.

1) First and foremost, while simultaneously least important, I have a strong desire to keep the book count for Act 1 to exactly 10. With "Cas" in the mix, it bumped my count to 11 because of the split in story progression (It Just So Happens, It Happens Just So).

2) Secondly, I have lost a lot of my fire for the project of "Cas" as I have invested more time in the plot as a whole. I have realized it is important not to get bogged down with merely establishing the setting while the rest of the story suffers from neglect. Also, it is taking me a lot longer to produce books than I intended, so I just don't feel it merits the extra time.

3) Thirdly, the alternative format I have decided upon for the relation of "Cas" is not really "Act-level" presentation. I envision the work more as a wiki than as a novel now, even though the intent of it is to be blatantly dry and pseudo-historical. Hence, I couldn't feel right about making it an established part of the Act order any more.

4) Fourthly (and lastly), I decided that I needed to establish a new class of material for the story as a whole. This class is not exactly "plot point" and not entirely "meta" either. I haven't really come up with a name for it yet, but it will encompass materials like the "meet a character" interviews, which I would like to eventually compile into book format without making them a part of the story progression as a whole.

So, the long and short of it is that I have created a new class of companion materials for the storyline, however, I have not labeled this class or made any definitive plans on how to present it.