by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Ok. Deep breath. I really need to rewrite some scenes in the first half of the second act. I can’t just coast through all of this and wait until I’m all the way through reviewing the novel to start rewriting.
My reluctance comes from the fact that the scenes are actually pretty good. It’s just…I feel like maybe I can make them better. So, I have two ideas of equal value in my mind 1) I don’t want to rewrite good scenes 2) I want to rewrite good scenes to make them great.
It doesn’t help that I can be moody as hell and I have to be in just the right mood to sprint through writing a few scenes, especially if they’re rewrites. But I like giving myself a deadline, so I’ve given myself a really tight deadline of September 1st (Really, August 1st.)
There is a basic issue that I just can’t really overcome — my native writing ability. It could be that I just suck. And while this novel is a murder-in-a-small town novel now, it’s barely a thriller. It’s more *interesting* than *thrilling.* The question is, of course, is it interesting enough to keep people reading all the way through.
I just don’t know the answer to that question at the moment. But I continue to believe this novel is existential to my mental well being to the point that I’m willing to throw myself into it like I did in the good old days.
