So I got up to 20k on Whippoorwill, and realized that my main character, being ten years old and surrounded by more interesting adults, was just standing there, observing the past few chapters because everyone else's stories were more interesting than hers.
So I asked her what was up with that, and she told me that she wanted to be older. Great, I thought; another rewrite. But then the other interesting character--Ryan Grey--piped up and said that he wanted a few POV chapters too, so I thought about it and tried out a million beginnings, and as of yesterday, I have something that seems to be coherent. So far. We'll see.
So I asked her what was up with that, and she told me that she wanted to be older. Great, I thought; another rewrite. But then the other interesting character--Ryan Grey--piped up and said that he wanted a few POV chapters too, so I thought about it and tried out a million beginnings, and as of yesterday, I have something that seems to be coherent. So far. We'll see.
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