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babarnettMonday's almost here again already? Seriously, weekend, WTF? I thought we were getting along. Or is that what the migraine was about this morning? You needing your space?
The Writerly Update
I had a good deal of time to spend on the novel revisions this weekend, which was nice, though it felt more like reconstructive surgery than it did writing. Saturday I finished figuring out how I could tackle the mess that is chapter 10, but something about the chapter still didn't seem right. I finally realized that the weird pacing and disconnect between scenes was simply a matter of packing too much in--this Plot A stuff needed to happen in separate chapters with some Plot B in between. So I spent this afternoon figuring out how to rearrange things in a way that moved the story along better yet still made dramatic sense. And by gosh golly goshums, I think I did it. After some splitting and shifting, chapter 10 is now chapter 12 and 14, chapter 13 is what was originally the latter half of chapter 9 and is therefore done already, and chapter 8 is no longer the hugely long beast it was, because now it's chapter 8 and 10.
Yes, there was an insanely anal-retentive diagram involved in figuring all that out. Why do you ask?
A Writerly Pet Peeve
Here's something I hate: I'm taking a look through Ralan's and Duotrope's and spy a new publication with decent pay rates, so I check out their website and . . . they offer no clue as to who the hell is publishing this thing. Or worse yet, they list their editorial staff using what amounts to screen names. Sorry, no. You want to know who I am when I submit a piece? That's fine, but it's only fair that I know who you are too, and DragonElf isn't going to cut it.
The Writerly Update
I had a good deal of time to spend on the novel revisions this weekend, which was nice, though it felt more like reconstructive surgery than it did writing. Saturday I finished figuring out how I could tackle the mess that is chapter 10, but something about the chapter still didn't seem right. I finally realized that the weird pacing and disconnect between scenes was simply a matter of packing too much in--this Plot A stuff needed to happen in separate chapters with some Plot B in between. So I spent this afternoon figuring out how to rearrange things in a way that moved the story along better yet still made dramatic sense. And by gosh golly goshums, I think I did it. After some splitting and shifting, chapter 10 is now chapter 12 and 14, chapter 13 is what was originally the latter half of chapter 9 and is therefore done already, and chapter 8 is no longer the hugely long beast it was, because now it's chapter 8 and 10.
Yes, there was an insanely anal-retentive diagram involved in figuring all that out. Why do you ask?
A Writerly Pet Peeve
Here's something I hate: I'm taking a look through Ralan's and Duotrope's and spy a new publication with decent pay rates, so I check out their website and . . . they offer no clue as to who the hell is publishing this thing. Or worse yet, they list their editorial staff using what amounts to screen names. Sorry, no. You want to know who I am when I submit a piece? That's fine, but it's only fair that I know who you are too, and DragonElf isn't going to cut it.
