Justicar Jhee and the Spectral Armada
A Justicar Jhee Mystery
A Justicar Jhee Mystery
Digging out from underneath another Nor’easter and plugging away at National Novel Editing Month (NaNoEdMo). I put my plans to see “A Wrinkle In Time” opening weekend on hold.
Blogging and editing have taught me one of the tasks I find most draining about writing is phrasing. Very little slows down my writing more. With fast drafting, I can short-circuit the part of my brain hung up on phrasing. However, during the editing phase, it is there like the Future Blob or sauce pan with its handle turned out. True, you do not have to address it until late in the process if you want. But address it, you must. It will still have its day.
I’ve passed the halfway mark, assuming a 72K-84K manuscript. I think I have one mega-sequence left and at least two mega-scenes. Heel! Timeline. Heel! Bad timeline. No biscuit. Even with the detailed synopsis, nagging timeline questions still dog my steps.
I completed the read through and scene listing. The book ended a different story than the one it began. Now comes the task of writing a new beginning to match that story. The trappings of one plot thread I played with in this story slipped into the first book. While I worry this makes the books too similar, I wonder if I should run with it instead. I want to play with making this an additional, thematic tie-in for all three books. My story notes contain an idea I kicked around which might work. However, will it still work as well with what this book’s story became?
As mentioned above, the tie-ins I envisioned between this book and the others are undergoing transformation. The plot still remains largely intact although the meaning and reasons for some actions have changed.
Have a lovely day!