Jennifer McKenzie
Romance--Boy meets girl. Romantic Suspense--Boy meets girl with dead bodies.
Friday, September 01, 2006
Delete, Delete, Delete
I'm not putting my word count up because it's LESS than yesterday. *sigh*. "Rough Seas" took a funky turn and ended up all over the place. My characters were running all over frenetically and I had to put a stop to it. So, I deleted 500 words. OUCH! I'm not sure what that was all about."Peanut Butter Romance" is going well, but that initial flowing of ideas has halted. My problem is the GMC (Goal Motivation Conflict). The goal is clear. My two characters, despite their fear and distrust, want to be together. Their motivation is permanent relationship. It's the conflict that's getting a little fuzzy. Why aren't they falling into each other's arms?
Perhaps, because my own personal life is filled with conflict of a different kind (monster step-dad, broken bathtubs and insidious money issues) that my characters aren't coming in loud and clear.
It's like I'm in a commercial. "Can you hear me now?" And the writer "Dropped My Call"!!!!
It requires a listening inner ear that is pretty overwhelmed by other stuff right now. So, the delete button ends up taking out the extraneous crap that crowds out the main focus of the work.
What I want for this book "Rough Seas" is a focus on being on the ocean. It's trying to morph into something else, but I want The Bering Sea to play a secondary role. The setting for this book is more important to me than the suspense part. I want the reader to have an adventure with the characters.
Hence, the deleting.
Question of the Day? Are you able to weild the delete button confidently? Or is it supremely painful and take a critique partner or an editor to get you to use it?
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