As some of you are aware I am currently working on test runs (backstories in particular and finding individual's voices) on my characters before starting to write my actual book series. The duration of the test runs has been in no way, shape or form anything of what I've expected.

When I wrote my first one, it was about the character Krystal. Her test run was three pages long. I wrote it in June of last year (2013) and I wrote it within a day (excusing continuing edits I added later on). Melissa's test run began in about August. I had just started the second page of hers when I realized I would have to expand on my explanation of the place I was describing. 

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