In the writing groove
I'm posting again! Yay for summertime. I'm writing, writing, writing. I felt so frustrated that I wasn't finished with my WIP until I looked back at what I've been able to accomplish since January. That's when I began writing the second draft, focusing on changing it from a MG to a YA. Then in March I decided to change it to present tense. So here we are in June and the entire ms is now in present tense and the tone is now, without a doubt, YA. So much of the previous draft no longer fit. And when I tried to make it work, it was LABOR. And it felt like it. That's when I'd realize I needed to hit delete and start from scratch to show whatever growth or emotion I was trying to achieve. It always worked better. Sometimes the shortest route to a better product is to start with a clean slate.
So during the process of drafting new material, I'm happily writing in present tense. Till all of a sudden, I realize I'm back in past. How does that happen? Sometimes dialogue does it to me. Much of the time, I don't know what causes it. Any ideas? Does that happen to you?
And one of my writer friends suggested that the setting might have something to do with it. Where it's taking place, the dialect, etc. Hmmm... I realize I don't have a setting. Not in that sense. I haven't placed it in any particular area of the country. Most of the scenes, except for some foot ball games and a soccer game, take place indoors. I wanted the reader to be able to place this story in their town. In their state. No matter what part of the country they live in. I mean, I could place it in Florida where I live. But do I have to in contemporary fiction? What do you think?
Any thoughts and further ramblings are welcome. In the meantime, happy writing all!
So during the process of drafting new material, I'm happily writing in present tense. Till all of a sudden, I realize I'm back in past. How does that happen? Sometimes dialogue does it to me. Much of the time, I don't know what causes it. Any ideas? Does that happen to you?
And one of my writer friends suggested that the setting might have something to do with it. Where it's taking place, the dialect, etc. Hmmm... I realize I don't have a setting. Not in that sense. I haven't placed it in any particular area of the country. Most of the scenes, except for some foot ball games and a soccer game, take place indoors. I wanted the reader to be able to place this story in their town. In their state. No matter what part of the country they live in. I mean, I could place it in Florida where I live. But do I have to in contemporary fiction? What do you think?
Any thoughts and further ramblings are welcome. In the meantime, happy writing all!