by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
For someone who is paranoid that a rival has somehow gotten ahold of the outline of my novel and they are going to steal a march on me and write a screenplay using it, I somehow still feel compelled to give updates.
Anyway, you can’t live in fear and the narrative in my head that would make such an event possible is pretty bonkers. You have to make decisions on what you do know, not on what you don’t know.
Between now and Christmas, I’m going to read, read, read as much as I can. I’m kind of obsessed with reminding myself of the mechanics of development as well as how to flesh out my characters to give them motivation and desire. Around Christmas, I’m going to read the whole first draft. Then I’m probably going to write some sort of cohesive summary of the story before I flesh out the outline AGAIN and use THAT to write the second draft.
That’s the goal, at least.
Still on track to query my first novel during the fall 2023 querying season.
