 A painting of my two main characters that my brother did a year or so ago. | So today, I put on a new song I found, I focused on one paragraph, and I spent five minutes writing that paragraph. Somehow this is a skill I have to learn over and over again. Don't rush through the action. Don't let the action override the characters' feelings. Write from within. Take a moment to breathe and describe what you're experiencing. I never learn this lesson, I drive myself into the ground, and then I have to relearn the lesson. It's not about quantity. It's about quality. So now I think I have a good escape scene, and I have already cut 4,000 words from my WIP. That's awesome. |
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