Hope To Stabilize The First Six Chapters Of The Third Draft Of The Novel Soon

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I have a huge amount of re-writing to do, but, in general, I understand the general path of the plot of the first act now. As such, I’ve printed out the first six chapters and I’m going to read through them now, trying to get a sense of the ebb and flow of the draft and figuring out which scenes need to be totally rewritten.

My heroine looks like Nathalie Emmanuel as I write her.

Given how much I’ve changed the beginning, I suspect there are going to be A LOT of scenes that will have to be scrapped to accommodate all the changes, er, improvements, I’ve come up with.

I’ve REALLY changed a lot of the story between the second and third drafts. That’s been the thing that has really slowed me down — things have changed so much that I have to think, in abstract terms, how to game out all these changes before I sit down and start rewriting.

It takes time to do that.

But, lulz, at least I know what my heroine looks like in my mind.

Author: Shelton Bumgarner

I am the Editor & Publisher of The Trumplandia Report

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