Another good day yesterday. Continued to push through the old manuscript, rereading and writing notes -- lots and lots of notes. With this new session behind me, I'm even more excited and more confident that this is a book worth saving. More important still, I'm even more confident that I can save it.
I'm going to restructure it and anchor the point-of-view more firmly. It will change the story completely, yet it will save a lot of the stuff that I love.
For now, I'll keep pushing through. Once I'm finished, I'll write out a rough synopsis. Then I'll write a rough and basic outline, paying attention to the three acts. From there, I'll expand that rough outline into a more detailed outline. Finally, I'll lay it all out on butcher paper, with an emphasis on scenes, which I'll group into sequences and acts. With each scene, I'll note the basics, including the conflict and most important of all, how the characters' lives change as a result of each scene.
Lots of work, but it's worth it. With other writing responsibilities lined up, I might never have a full block of time to dedicate exclusively to this, so I need to have it framed out, allowing me to come and go whenever I have an extra hour.
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