These are the chapters that come to mind when I think of pivotal parts I've written.
Chapter 106 of Broken - the choppage chapter
I don't think my writing is anything spectacular in this chapter, but I've always remembered the chapter number because it was such a pivotal moment in the story, and I put so much pressure on myself leading up to it that actually writing it was kind of intense.
Chapter 196 of By My Side - the car accident aftermath
I remember planning this part in the shower of my college dorm while I was still writing Broken, and it took me four years to actually get to the point where I could write it. Four years is a LONG time to have this sequence playing in my head LOL. This is one part that actually turned out as good or better than it was in my head. It's over the top and a little cheesy at times (*cough*Nickelback*cough*), but that's BMS for ya LOL. I still like it. Writing it was an adrenaline rush, and reading it still gives me that rush.
Chapter 31 of Song for the Undead - the first zombie scene
This was another part I felt a lot of pressure to deliver on because it was the first zombie part in a story that we had not promoted as a zombie story. It had a different title, and no one knew all the dead people were going to become undead. So I felt like that first scene of them waking up as zombies needed to be powerful. Even though I love horror, I really hadn't written a lot of true horror before this story, so I wasn't sure what I was capable of. I was/am really proud of how this chapter turned out.
Chapter 88 of Curtain Call
The reason I started telling CC in Cary's POV was because I didn't think it was possible to do what I did in this chapter. Then I read a book that changed my mind, and I decided to challenge myself with the task of doing exactly what I thought I wouldn't be able to do. So I did. And it turned out pretty much the way I was hoping it would.
