Braindead Dairy #13: Waffling Can Be Good!

Almost forgot to do this. It is a matter of principle dammit! Whether anyone reads or not is irrelevant. Each one strengthens discipline. Armed with a cup of tea I am going to talk about my progress over the last week and what (if anything) I’ve learned!

I’m almost up to the epilogue now – none of which I’ve written but know what happens. Generally speaking, editing has been good. It’s a lot like ironing. Sure, you may accidently cause new creases as you go about your work but, ultimately, you get rid of far more. Poor sentences, underused characters – whatever it may be – are corrected, the product as a whole becomes better – and then you have more faith in it.

Boom!

I’ve also noticed there’s a BIG difference between telling a good story and every chapter being good. There’s a lot of pages in novels that you endure to get to the good stuff. Well, the more mundane stuff is a great time to put a lot of yourself into the story, your opinions about life, and I don’t always mean those finer sentiments about love or nature. Think random things – how you feel about school, processed food, whether clowns really deserve the bad rap they get. Things like this may seem trivial but (when successfully added), can add that realistic flavour, increase the chance of relating to your audience.

Stories are more than just having a cool idea then making it easy to read.

Especially when your story is spread over three books!