How’s It Going:
I don’t know why I originally gave myself 2 weeks for this lesson because, uh, I definitely don’t need it. But it makes up for that week I was sick.
I start the cut next week. Here we go!
How’s It Going:
I was sick all last week, so no, I didn’t get anything done.
Just finishing up these time lessons. The irony of nailing down how long a scene is supposed to take as someone who suffers from time blindness is not lost on me. But I’m trusting the process. Does it help me in the long run? No idea, but I’m doing it anyway. It’s tedious, but not in a horrifyingly boring and/or annoying way, yanno? It makes me think about the scenes in a different way, so maybe it does help in a subconscious way. Idk.
One more lesson, then I start the cut.
How’s It Going:
Okay, so hear me out. Lesson 14 and 15 both deal with time; 14 with in-scene time and 15 with between-scene time. The only problem is I needed to figure out the between-scene time (i.e. the order) first. Because if there’s ever been a book I wrote completely out of order, it’s this one. But I got through most of 14 and the essentials of 15, and I should be able to finish both next week.
How’s It Going:
I…feel like I never actually finished this lesson before. Like I don’t remember doing it. I know I have, but…
Maybe I’m just going crazy. That happens a lot in this process.
How’s It Going:
Lesson 12 is about evaluating my characters but, quite frankly, I tend to be very tight with my cast, and this book is no exception. I have added a few folks who are 100% new, but they are all individually necessary to the story I want to tell. I do want to make some minor tweaks, but that’s going to be done on a scene level basis, not an overarching, whole novel basis. So, uh, the bulk of this lesson went even faster than I expected.
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