Good afternoon lovely people,
So sorry for falling off the wagon once again, but as always I do have a very good excuse. I know I shouldn’t be making excuses for myself anymore because it’s really just procrastination. Except when it isn’t. Because you see, I was having terrible issues editing ch. 7, so many issues in fact that I really didn’t want to look at the chapter at all. It made me wanna throw the whole thing out because of how bad that chapter was.
But I have good news. The time I didn’t spend on here, was spent finishing ch. 7 and making it so much better. I am now more than halfway through the chapter, though I fear I am only at the halfway mark of this entire draft. As I believe there are several scenes I still have to add in towards the end so the new beginning makes sense. As I had to change the original beginning to something much more intriguing and much faster paced and easier to follow. I dint’ want to bore my future readers from the very first page.
So now that ch. 7 is out o the way I have more good news. I had also struggled with ch. 8 cuz ch. 8 was an extension of a too-long ch. 7 which had been terrible. So ch. 8 was just the same. But I made it through and only have one more read-through of ch. 8 before I print it out for the next round of editing.
I feel like I’ve fixed up so much of this manuscript, but the story is still there the original story, only now it’s so much better and readers would be able to understand what’s going on in the story and with the characters now without being bored out of their minds.
And I’ve finished reading 3 whole books since we last chatted. I feel very accomplished. It felt, for a while there, that this second draft was really kicking my ass, but now I’m feeling more powerful. I now feel like I’ve kicked its ass into the beginning of the story it’s supposed to be.
So, what have you guys been up to lately? Lots of reading, writing, gaming? Tell me all about it in the comments. I would so love to hear from you. So glad I found time to pop by here and chat with you all for a bit and update you on my life as of this moment. I know it was just a quick update, but I hope to be back with even greater news that ch. 8 will be completely finished and I’ll be onto drafting about 10K new words to add to the manuscript.
Lots of love you guys, I missed you so much. Until next time.
Celine Rose Marie