As I noted previously, I set a self-imposed deadline to finish my manuscript by July 1. I am this close to getting it done.
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That close.
It's a tricky book to write. I write in 3 POVs, and alternate chapters. Person A is chapter 1, person B is chapter 2, etc. The storyline continues in each chapter, so the story progresses, but it's seen from another POV.
I tried to write consecutively (Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3), but I was not able to keep the personality of the chapters correct. Person A started sounding like Person B, etc.
So I abandoned that and I wrote all of Person A's chapters (Chapter 1, 4, 7, etc.) That meant I had to figure out where the story would be by the time we got to chapter 7, so I blocked out major events for chapters 2, 3, 5, 6, to fill in later.
Now I'm on Person C's chapters and I need to tie up all those threads that I left dangling. I have 6 chapters to go, and about 6 days to do it.
Nope, it won't happen. I'm going to give myself a break. After all, I lost March: I had the Event, I had food poisoning, I had 2 unplanned trips -- all of that consumed 2/3 of the month. Plus a week on the Relative Tour (furniture delivery to Colorado).
So I've stretched my deadline to July 4. I think it's doable.
After that? Well, I have this idea for another Classic mystery story. And Dogged, my first Classics mystery with Wild Rose, will be coming out soon. And of course I need to re-read the first 6 books in my Endless Dream series and tie up any plot inconsistencies, so I can start writing Book 7.
Yep. July 4. I need to wrap this baby up. I've got books to write!
J L
(jayellwilson.com)
You've set quite a goal for yourself. I hope you hit it. I've never tried writing 3 different POVs like you're doing. I can see the challenge. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteYikes! That is a challenge! I'm not sure I could wrap my brain around the mechanics of doing that. It's kind of like the toughest Sudoku! :-) Wishing you much luck in making your goal...I think you'll hit it!
ReplyDeleteI have faith in you JL. You are a writing workhorse!
ReplyDeleteYou go JL! Smack adversity in the face just like you're doing. You are, as always, an inspiration to us all!
ReplyDeleteI worry sometimes that my characters sound too much alike, but the idea of writing "out of order" would give me hives.Then again, I never know what's going to happen in the next chapter until I finish the one I'm on, and my characters give me a lead-in! Best of luck with your deadline.
ReplyDeleteI've done the previous 5 books in this series "out of order" and for this one, I tried to write consecutively, but it just didn't work. So that blew about 3 weeks of my schedule all to hell. Now that I'm writing each character's story, it's going much smoother.
ReplyDeleteI'll do a re-read in August and see if I succeeded. For now, it's nose to keyboard!