Back to work last night and back to second-guessing myself. I finished Jacob’s scene with the unicorn with only minimal word trimming. On the other hand, a lot of his internal dialog is joke-y. That’s fine for a person his age but I’m not sure that tone fits the scene. I’m concerned that levity will break the spell of wonder I was trying to cast. Hell, I’m worried the whole novel is breaking the spell of wonder I wanted to cast. So much of this story was trying to tell the truth of something impossible and fantasitic.
Honestly, I’m having troubling viewing this novel impartially. Maybe I shouldn’t be impartial. Maybe I should be very partial and go back to my early draft where everything, good and bad, came from the heart and not from stuff I’ve been absorbing from books and writing classes over the past year.
I have learned a lot on my way to get my evil million words out. I think I’m a better writer now than I was two or three years ago. Not perfect, not by a long shot, but better. Oy. I don’t know. Maybe I should let this book sit a while after I finish this revision.
Honestly, I’m having troubling viewing this novel impartially. Maybe I shouldn’t be impartial. Maybe I should be very partial and go back to my early draft where everything, good and bad, came from the heart and not from stuff I’ve been absorbing from books and writing classes over the past year.
I have learned a lot on my way to get my evil million words out. I think I’m a better writer now than I was two or three years ago. Not perfect, not by a long shot, but better. Oy. I don’t know. Maybe I should let this book sit a while after I finish this revision.
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