by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
If I actually manage to finish this novel and successfully query it, it’s definitely going to be something of a miracle. I just hem-and-haw about some pretty important elements of this novel all the time.
One thing I’m struggling with right now is how the beginning of the second act seems more structured as if it’s the end of the first act. I could very easily lop off maybe 30,000 words and re-arrange things that way.
And, yet, I’m not quite prepared to do that because I don’t know how many words the entire thing is. So, I think I’m just going to wade through the entire new version of the novel, rewriting a lot as I go along, then look at the word count and THEN decide what I’m going to do.
I think my near-term deadline is July 4th weekend. That is a “take stock” deadline. If I’m anywhere near wrapping up things, then I know I’m ready to query this fall instead of the spring.
And, as always, I continue to idly think about all these scifi novels I want to work on. And now that I’ve finally solved The Impossible Scenario, even that is an option as to a potential novel.
Anyway. I need to stop staring out into space and actually get some work done.
