by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I’ve finally gotten into Chapter 2. I’ve really been struggling with the contents of the chapter. On one hand, I wanted to jump forward in time so I could try to keep the word count a bit lower.
But I’ve decided to linger for one chapter — the second chapter — on the consequences of a setback to my heroine. This additional chapter also gives me an opportunity to flesh out the character of my male romantic lead. I’m going out of my way to make the audience like my male romantic lead as well as to get some sense of why the male romantic lead is the male romantic lead.
The only reason why I’m not going to agonize too much over this is that since this is the second draft, I’m beginning to get to a point where all I can do is create my vision and then see what not just Beta Readers think, but also an editor if I manage to save up the money to buy the services of one.
So, here I am.
The second chapter will focus more on the male romantic lead and the self-destructive things my heroine does to herself because she believes she has failed to get something she REALLY wants.
I’ve actually already finished the a really spicy scene in the second chapter. It’s really good! Of course, there will be squeaky wheels in the reading audience who are enraged that a male author is writing a sex scene from a female POV. But, lulz, that’s part of my vision so I’m willing to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
In fact, I’ve fleshed out a scene summary for ANOTHER “spicy” scene, but this one is a lot darker and would help a lot when it comes to making the novel provocative enough for modern adult audiences.
