The Think...err

It's been a while since I posted here. To recap, I've reaffirmed my intention to finish writing this new story by the end of the year. I've been off work a week - time off work for good behaviour - and it's just as well, as I've not been feeling the greatest these past few months. Anyways, changing my diet (not fully vegetarian, and different types of quorn stuff - quorn bacon, would you believe, new breads, soya milk, honey, things like that) and simply doing nothing (as the song says) has helped a lot. Almost every day I've been getting up late, too, relaxing, and thinking about stuff without rushing. It's been good: I've revised the storyline, putting things into better places and thoughts/words. It's not a problem, finishing the book, though I did worry a lot about that. Writing more chapters will create a more 'rounded' effect and I'll be able to revise chapter and event orders more easily.
I've been on youtube a lot, which has caused me to ruin my headphones - I must remember to get a new set tomorrow. I've been looking at blogs and, generally, just wandering mentally in preparation for writing. The writing has happened! I'm a wiz! Hardly lol...
One thing I've noticed is that 'favourites' on youtube don't last very long - they're either recalled by some authority or another, or the owner has made them private and they can't be accessed any more. How dare they!! Good job there's plenty of Wizard of Oz stuff about, so I can indulge myself. I gotta look, now and again...
Getting back to this first book of this new series, I've endeavoured to stay with the hero. My idea was to intersperse his journey with the journeys of others, hoping to create a tapestry that travelled throughout until the end. This must happen, otherwise where can I go with future books if not to the past? Or if not carrying the past with them, revisiting when I need to. Flashbacks are proving difficult, though I have them and I believe them to be vital to conveying the history that has created the present situation, and shaping the intended future direction. I have said before, that the story must follow along the lines I saw quite a while ago. If the direction bends to another shape, or plotline, I'm probably finished...
One or two explanations are going to need careful deliberation if they are to enmesh with the plot. But, hopefully my fine band of dedicated readers will keep me write lol Thanks to Noel the Ultimate Proofreader, Dave Pimm (Solvey), Rich Howse and Becca (her twin girls are coming along fine and I'm working with her fella this week, which should be a laugh). I know I'm going to have to pass a rather rigorous literary inspection at the perceived midpoint of the tale.

I must consider it thus:
                                   No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.  Voltaire.
Quite a guy...