Adjustments

There was one part of Next TIme that was bothering me: a chapter with a major confrontation that gets resolved too easily. On Monday evening the way to resolve it appeared in my brain.

I paused my read-aloud of the book to do some rework. This involved routing the characters involved down a different path and actually bringing in a new character for a short scene. Today I’ll finish the changes and go back to my regularly scheduled editing.

The reason I mention this is because those nagging doubts I feel about my writing are usually correct. I knew something wasn’t right but I just couldn’t put my finger on it. This is where an editor would have been helpful. I also think this is an area where experience comes into play. I could have left that scene as-is and it would have been okay. Not great, but okay. With this detour and a couple of writing sessions, I think it’s going to be great. And that’s what I want.