After much angst and many struggles I decided I need to rewrite some of the early chapters of my manuscript. It was painful for me to have to tear apart the words I had written and polished several times over, but it was necessary.
After some chocolate to strengthen my resolve to cut and splice my work sat down at the keyboard….
What happened?
I just couldn’t change it that much. So what I did was start something else. Yep I tinkered with another writing project. This got the plot bunnies bouncing. After toying with the outline for what will hopefully be a sequel to the first one. Still I could do nothing towards the editing.
Life went on and my husband had corrective eye surgery, so writing took a back seat. I was in the waiting room with him when it struck. A flashback was the answer to my issue.
Creative use of a flashback would give much needed backstory while at the same time allow me to move the novel forward.
It’s a compromise between totally rewriting the beginning of my novel and ignoring the advice of a professional in the publishing industry.
well back to stitching it all together…
Stitching together the old and the new.