Revision Update

This here’s an update on my revising drama.

I make no secret of the fact that my first drafts are all fucked up messes that need serious overhaul. It just is the way it is. Unmask You seems to be in another class all its own when it comes to meh-ness.

Now, I have a certain idea as to where my talents lay. And given the right time and headspace I can work any kind of magic. I just had the idea, after finishing that first draft, that Unmask You lacked… the spark. The punch. The drama. The angst.

It lacked the throat-clenching emotion the story should have.

Which means I have to now work extra hard to make sure I infuse it when doing the revisions. But I kinda let myself wallow in the whole “the book is the worst ever” and “I can’t do this” and “I suck and now everyone else will know it, too”. That emotion is fierce here for me. I go through this with all the books, I think I told you that, but here and now it seems to be way more pronounced.

I thought about deleting the entire thing. Yep. All 62, 995 words. Thought about starting from scratch.

One of the main reasons—I think—it wasn’t working, was likely because Tek isn’t in it. I mean, he’s in it, he’s mentioned and stuff, but he’s not on-screen. That was a deliberate move on my part because the way I feel about Tek, I think if he shows up everyone else will sorta fade into the background. I fear the story will become about him when I really can’t let that happen.

So I’ve been forcing Tek to stay away.

No more. Tek is going to make his appearance.

Okay.

Once I made that decision, I was good with it. Haven’t written that scene yet, but I kinda/sorta have an idea what’s gonna go down. I’m cool with it because it’s gonna push the story forward even more.

That’s always the objective. I don’t do wasted scenes. Every word/scene/line of dialogue has a specific purpose. Which is why I’m always warning you guys to pay attention, keep on your Ps and Qs. LOL

With Tek taken care of, I go through and read the story again. What I find is what happens to me every single time. It’s like I deliberately block out how fucking fire my shit is.

Total modesty right there.

It’s as if as soon as I type “THE END” my brain shuts down and tells me everything sucks and it blocks me, messes with my mind until I actually rustle up the courage to go back and read it.

So… Good news. That sumbitch is not as bad as I’d first feared.

Uh-uh.

As I type, the book is at 230 pages. 62, 995 words. But I have to add at least threes scenes. Two of which are some nasty sexy times. And the other is Tek. So the word count is gonna go up. We love that yeah?

So I’ll be back when I finish revising, to let you know when they’re in the hands of the betas.

Still no release date set, but you’ll be the first to know.