So…
I
got a quick start on my 2017 New Year’s resolutions today. Here’s the back
story:
At
one of my writers’ group meetings last year, I read one of my most recent
additions to Eye of the Peacock. I
was really pleased with the new character that had to be created to take the
story line in the direction it was supposed to go in.
But
let’s say it was met with little enthusiasm.
On
the drive home, I realized that my fellow writers were correct. I was getting
too far away from the original story line. But to cut that part of the plot, I
realized the ending of the story would need to be changed as well. And for that
to happen, another method for murder had to be considered.
On
that quiet drive home it all came together. The cut would have to come and it
would have to be drastic. I dreaded it.
So
today the cut was made. More than 4,000 words set aside. (I never delete. I may
need it someday.) And to go with that cut, highlighting of sections that may
need to be rewritten to accommodate the new plot twists.
I
have a lot of work to do in 2017.
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