Actually, it’s one of the reasons I do all this fanart and have TpatJ on the go as well- which might seem crazy, but it’s true! I find having more than one project avoids having any one of them become a ‘chore’. If I don’t feel like I’m ‘in the zone’ for one story, I can work on another, and allowing myself to venture into doodling stuff that I like just for the hell of it doesn’t just let me learn new stuff, it keeps my love of drawing alive! I guess the danger I’ve seen a lot of people I worked with fall into is that drawing became just work; the only reason they drew was for work. Having weak hands I can understand this all too easily, as by the time you’ve finished what you have to draw you’re too mentally and physically fatigued to draw what you would like to draw. I’m in a bizarre, very lucky position where I can just about structure my time to accommodate both, and I find that it’s important to make time for the ‘like’ part for the very reason you’re describing. If I only drew TPoH, I would start to find it frustrating, draw much slower, love it less, and it would gradually pollute the story. I wouldn’t make it faster, I would make it worse. As for the story, gosh yes it is planned! But as with many things, only in parts- the joining up sometimes happens as it goes, but the majority of it and biggest scenes have been set since day one.