Goal 1) Revise BM&A3
- My Goal: Finish one lesson every two weeks (roughly)
- Where I planned to be: Lesson 10, 30-60 LFS
- Where I am: Lesson 10, complete
- On Target or Behind: On Target
How’s It Going:
52 lines for scene complete.
This is another one of my favorite lessons, by the way. It’s not easy, but it forces my brain to organize the story, or at least attempt to, and I come to some interesting realizations about scene order and juxtaposition. I’m not gonna lie, beyond some vague ideas of the general area where some scenes should be (this one should be closer to the beginning, this one has to go after that one, and the finale obviously goes at the end), I had no idea what order they were supposed to go in. Reading the rough draft the first time felt like I’d just dumped a handful of vignettes in a blender and gave it a few pulses. Even though after this lesson is done, the order I have isn’t perfect, it gives me a much clearer idea of what it should be to make the most sense and flow naturally from one scene to the next.
It also pretty neatly cooks most of the fat off and leaves the meat of the book, so to speak.
Meilo Zaborowski: Author 