I cut two scenes before my break (bringing me to about 20 scenes left to go). I just couldn't face them, they felt like filler scenes. Every book has then but I always feel like skimming them cause it feels like the author is trying to make their word counts. And I can always add reaction scenes in later.
They're the type of scene where people discuss their feelings/their plans/what they thought about what's happened so far. The balance question is though: I'm sure they are necessary in some amount. But because I've read too many where the whole book is pretty much characters talking about how they feel and what they think that --ugh-- there is no word strong enough for my dislike and tense disinterest in writing that type of scene.
So I skip ahead and leave the reader to fill in the blanks.
My next scheduled scene is a candy bar scene [insert 'woot' here]. :) The story is moving forward!!
Oh, the pressure to get on page some joy of discovery and fun and wonder. Talk about pressure. But when this type of scene is done right it makes the whole story worth reading, again and again, just to relive that moment.
That's what I'm up against today.
And I can't quite see it yet. So I am back to my main goal for the day:
“If I do something to improve the story, then I’ve made progress.”
Technically goal accomplished: I've gone through my scene list to make sure my book won't be 350K before I reach the end. I finished the last scene and got my Muse to move on.
But really/honestly... progress is moving the story forward.
Today I need to dive into story and write a first draft version of my candy bar scene. I might try the old trick of starting in the middle at the point when the power is revealed and then working my way back and then forward to the end. Yes, I think that might work really well today.
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