I think I was over-thinking Lesson 11. Let’s hope that’s what it was! At any rate, I am pressing on to new and unthinkable things to do with/to my characters. My villain really needs work, and I’ve added a lot of significance to a minor character so he needs help too. I’m a little worried about potentially needing to make […]
B. Jeanne Boyko
Stories of Significance
25
Oct
Eureka and confusion
Published in Writing Diary15
Oct
Lesson 10
Published in Writing DiaryAnother inspiring lesson. This week I made my way through a process that let me make changes I have known need to be made for quite some time now. I haven’t done the re-write yet, but I have an I hope solid plan for restructuring the beginning (always tricksy) and the end, including a significant beefing-up of the romantic subplot, a fresh intensity […]
7
Oct
Why yes, yes I did!
Published in Writing DiarySo after the extreme butt-whooping of Lesson 7, after part of a morning of bashing my head against a wall I got Lesson 8 done in one day (after reading it through a few times the previous day), and then did the same for Lesson 9. That got me two whole lessons done in just one week! I am now done […]
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