If I must say so myself

[slobbit]

The newly revised chapter one? With the political underlayment all firm?

Kicks

Major

Ass.

I love my bitchy heroine even more now.

Just goes to show that pressing forward will work for some people, but some of us bog down until we eventually grind to a halt and are forced to go back and fix the things that are broken.

I love the story again.

Comments

[ex_l_clause]

Ah. Well. Sometimes I find that I can't slog on until I fix something broken, although in my drafts so far I'm generally satisfied with doing the rework on the outline or the synopsis.

[helweh]

Yeah, going back works. Or at least it worked for me. I developed specific skills (raising tension, foreshadowing, capturing emotions, etc) by going back, over and over, until I got a scene or a section just right. I did that instead of writing and polishing short stories, since writing shorts isn't really my thing (I don't have a lot of ideas, and I'm very attached to my characters).