Shift

I continue to make changes to Assignment Day during the editing process, including one I’m unsure about. I added a chapter yesterday that’s an interesting wrinkle to the story, but I’ll need to revise the chapter quite a bit since it’s too explanatory - one character kind of lecturing to another - and will have ripples in later chapters that I’m not sure I want. This is the part of writing that turns out to be interesting, if not exactly fun. I considered not writing that chapter at all but thought, hey, why not? Experiment and see if it turns out to be a good thing, and if it doesn’t I can delete it. I know where the idea came from in my brain since it seems like it should be a necessary component of the book, but again, I’m just not sure yet. Next step is to see if the effects on later chapters make sense, and if so, then re-work the new chapter to be palatable and not such a blatant plot device.

All that aside, I’m making one more addition to the book that I know I’ll like. It’ll add an extra layer of relatability for the reader and no, I’m not telling you what it is. At least not yet. Okay, it’s a dog. I figured the main character and his family needed an extra component to their interactions as well as something the reader can relate to. Maybe it seems a little indulgent to add something so minor this late in the game, but it’s my book and I can do what I want. Plus, I like dogs.