Linda teared up over a chapter that I thought was a jury-rigged fix.
I'd brought in a love-interest in Chapter 20, just as an experiment. Nicole would actually show up earlier in the book, but the writing just assumed she'd been accompanying him. So the chapter turned out pretty well, and I thought, OK, this can be done. I liked that there was interaction. Plus, it added a good 20% to the word count, which I'm beginning to believe will be needed.
But, as I mentioned yesterday, I decided to write the rest of the book first, without the new character, and see how it turned out.
So yesterday, on my walk, I took the new character out of Chapter 20. As a trick, I brought in the voice of Hart's son-of-a-bitch father; since Hart is suffering from hypothermia.
I thought it was kind of a temporary fix, and yet...
When I read it, I was amazed how effective it was--and when I finished, I looked up to see that Linda had tears in her eyes. Score!
It just goes to show you never can tell.
I'd brought in a love-interest in Chapter 20, just as an experiment. Nicole would actually show up earlier in the book, but the writing just assumed she'd been accompanying him. So the chapter turned out pretty well, and I thought, OK, this can be done. I liked that there was interaction. Plus, it added a good 20% to the word count, which I'm beginning to believe will be needed.
But, as I mentioned yesterday, I decided to write the rest of the book first, without the new character, and see how it turned out.
So yesterday, on my walk, I took the new character out of Chapter 20. As a trick, I brought in the voice of Hart's son-of-a-bitch father; since Hart is suffering from hypothermia.
I thought it was kind of a temporary fix, and yet...
When I read it, I was amazed how effective it was--and when I finished, I looked up to see that Linda had tears in her eyes. Score!
It just goes to show you never can tell.