Started
Amazingly I managed to get started today even though many things conspired against me.
I completed the discovery section of the One Pass Revision with little issue. I had pretty much done all that stuff before starting the story, and some of it even still applied. I worry that it may have been too easy. Maybe I did something wrong? We’ll see.
So I started the slog. I managed to be brutal. I hacked the entire first chapter right out of the book. It was a tough choice, but I think it was the right one. I’m holding on to it, because it could easily be expanded into a short story on it’s own, but the book doesn’t need it. Do I think the book is better without it? I’m not sure, but it’s not the solid start I want, so it had to go.
Chapter 2 Scene 1 didn’t need too much work. Chapter 2 Scene 2 wasn’t bad, but I rewrote most of it. Chapter 2 is light on dialog. Chapter 1 wasn’t. Since it’s gone, I needed to get some more dialog into the book earlier. This removed a bit of infodumping, and allowed me to improve some weak characterization.
Not a bad hour and half’s worth of work. Special thanks to the kids for letting me get it done.
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June 14th, 2006 at 9:13 pm
Way to go Jay! Keep up the good work!
December 6th, 2008 at 10:34 am
I just started my own attempt at the One-Pass Revision Process, and stumbled across your entries by following links from my blog posts about. I’m looking forward to seeing how it worked out for you.
December 7th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
@Unfocused Me – Thanks for stopping by. I think you found the rest of the posts by now, but I believe this link contains all the posts related to the writing and revisions of the novel in question.
December 7th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
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