I didn't do a lot of writing over the weekend, but I think I figured out that I've gone the wrong way with this book. I thought originally I needed something dramatic to happen to get Devon out of her house, but was convinced by a bunch of other people that a slow fade would work.
Maybe in real life.
In fiction, I think you need more and certainly, the slow fade isn't working for this book. It's taking far too long for me to get the characters to the place they need to be and I feel like a lot of what I've written is really boring. So I'm going to go back and figure out where I need to add the dramatic bit that forces Devon's change, then I'll be able to get this book on track.
Very glad I've figured that out now because I have the whole of next week off to write and was really planning to get this book done in that week. Not sure I'll manage that now, but I should be able to get a good way into it anyway.
So that's my goal this week. To figure out where I went wrong and to fix it before I move on further into the story.
What are your goals this week?
I'm glad you figured out what you need to do to improve the pacing. I need to get going on my next chapter to submit to my critique group in two weeks.
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