Revisions and study time
Struggling with the revisions to the beginning of PLS. It seems to be difficult like the first fifty pages of TKQ were. Tying the two books together so that I'm not losing the readers seems to be what's throwing me off. I just want to plunge ahead as if there wasn't any space between them, but the reader needs some background reminders in there and that entails some revision work. I've had a lot of critters on chapter one and the suggestions varied a lot. I went with the ones that spoke to me as being right and posted part one for the chapter on Novel Crit. Hopefully I'll get a few crits that will let me know if I did it right or not. It sounds good to me, but I'm awfully close to the subject and feel I need an outside look.
I'm going to study a book on novel writing and then Holly Lisle's Create a Character Clinic before I get into final revisions for TKQ. This seems like the plan because I feel that I know my characters so much better than I did when I started the book and if I study about building characters before I revise, I believe I can strengthen them.
I'm anxious for someone to read the entire novel, and my daughter is going to be the first one. But I'm waiting until just before I want to start the final revisions. Keep her comments fresh and I work better that way. I'm anxious because I'm excited about how the ending came out. I always had it planned out, but in writing (and rewriting due to lost files) I think things came out 100 times better than I expected.
I hope that happens with PLS.
In the meantime, I also have to finish getting the chapters on CotRT too. I think I have the last 6 or 7 to put up there yet.
This week I hope to rejoin OWW. Maybe not for the novel writing, but for getting the stories ready to go. I miss the connections there and I might even pick up a few friends to exchange novel readings with.
The other novels are sitting in their places - every once in awhile a character speaks up and have have to write a short piece or make a page worth of notes to remember. I think they'll turn out well also.