I have no new insight to offer you today. Instead, I am diligently working through my draft with the same focus:
- check “voice”–make sure Lyra always sound like Lyra
- check diction–look for the best word, especially to punch up the language
- check sensory detail–describe what a scene smells like, sounds like, feels like, tastes like–not only what it looks like
- check for suspension of disbelief–will my readers buy the plot line I’m trying to sell them?
I know what I gotta do–now I just gotta keep doin’ it.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
I’m on page 165 of 370.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Lather rinse, repeat…
