by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
During this minor pause in writing I’ve been doing the last day or so, something has occured to me — I need to change the event that marks the midpoint of the novel. Changing that event causes the over all novel to make a lot more sense given what I know of basic storytelling.
And, at the moment, changing that midpoint event doesn’t really require a lot of change in content afterwards. That might change as I actually get closer to that part of the novel. This happens all the time, changing elements of the novel in the abstract is very different than actually sit down to write it.
So, it’s possible when I’m staring at the midpoint to write it I may realize that I have to rework scenes a lot more than I might otherwise realize. But the clock is ticking and I need to stop spinning my wheels and start producing copy. I continue to feel pretty good about where things stand.
I think I still have an even chance of wrapping things up by around July 4th, probably the weekend before. Wish me luck.
