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# Planning a multi-chapter arc for a military sci-fi horror novel
- URL: https://keithhayden.net/planning-a-multi-chapter-arc-for-a-military-sci-fi-horror-novel/
- Published: 2026-10-19T21:43:54.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T21:43:54.000Z
- Author: Keith Hayden
- Tags: clefo

> Times like these choices are like yachts, rare luxuries with expensive upkeep. Don’t trouble yourself over it.

*Cereus & Limnic: Escape From Okinawa Type B*

*Keith Hayden*

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## Novel Revealed! Podcast - The hardest part about coming back to your novel - Clip (1 min)

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## Novel Revealed! Podcast - The hardest part about coming back to your novel (6 mins)

I took a break from writing today to plan the next dozen chapters of the military sci-fi horror novel *Cereus & Limnic: Escape From Okinawa Type B*.

Here's part of a planning session.

## Why I stop writing to plan (13 mins)

## Iejima Planning - AI Analysis (47 mins)

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## Custom Story planning tool created

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Map of Iejima in Okinawa, Japan

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