The home stretch
I'm in the home stretch of writing this novel, with less than three chapters to go. I've taken a break from my forward momentum to go back and write scenes that plug holes. Some writers like to write their novel all out of order in chunks, but I prefer to write mine start to finish in one long line.
Spotting potential mistakes in storytelling is something that I've learned with experience as a writer. There are just certain things things that everyone has to learn on their own. (Like never start a story with a character waking up in bed, because it's too much of a cliche).
For this project, I've invented another character to add detail to the story that the protagonists wouldn't be aware of. In the process, I added a couple thousand words worth of scenes that build the character, advance the plot and create tension.
Writing in scrivener makes it easy to add extra scenes like this. I'm able to plug in virtual note cards to my timeline, then attach them to the new sections of text. If I think those scenes should go elsewhere, I can just drag the note cards, and scrivener will move the scenes in the text for me.
Spotting potential mistakes in storytelling is something that I've learned with experience as a writer. There are just certain things things that everyone has to learn on their own. (Like never start a story with a character waking up in bed, because it's too much of a cliche).
For this project, I've invented another character to add detail to the story that the protagonists wouldn't be aware of. In the process, I added a couple thousand words worth of scenes that build the character, advance the plot and create tension.
Writing in scrivener makes it easy to add extra scenes like this. I'm able to plug in virtual note cards to my timeline, then attach them to the new sections of text. If I think those scenes should go elsewhere, I can just drag the note cards, and scrivener will move the scenes in the text for me.