A Sliver of Hope

Sigh – That Backfired The Evolution of a Novel

A Sliver of Hope

This morning I went through ‘Corrupted Souls’, the fourth and current, Jonathan Alvey novel, to see if I could in fact find one of the spots that had not yet been tied to a pre-writen scene. At first, it seemed hopeless, but then one of these gaps tickled the back of my brain and I thought I’d give it a shot.

I had some success, and moved on to find another.

In the end, I wrote three separate, and short (200 word), scenes. But it is progress.

This small amount of work, is leaps and bounds better than I felt about the idea of getting back into the story yesterday morning. If I can do the same tomorrow, I may find myself able to slip into the tale enough to finish the whole thing. It might need a bit extra work come edit time because of this, but I am willing to accept that trade off.

The edits for ‘Tomorrow Wendell’ continue every day, and so far there has been little issue with getting them done. No contest of wills over scenes, no weeping about cutting something, and no frustration over misunderstandings.

The team at Xchyler is not only sharp and competent, they are also wonderful about allowing me to keep my voice and concept. They go out of their way to work with me, and my idea’s, and change and tighten that instead of forcing their concepts onto my work.

I am delighted with the effect, and couldn’t be more excited about what is being produced by this effort. Still one-hundred percent my story, it is through their efforts that my story is one hundred percent improved.

I look forward to many more projects with this group of talented and understanding professionals.