So for this revision round, I have sixteen scenes left — where everything starts to converge together and pushing toward the end — which in the draft form is still cloudy (but that’s for another post).
One thing I’ve been noticing with my characters — the antagonist Kendra is just really all shades of bad, which [...]

This past weekend, I went to the 2010 Springmingle conference sponsored by the Southern Breeze SCBWI chapter.
On Wednesday, I shared some tips about developing your character. Today, I’m going to share some revision techniques.
For me, I love the revision process more than I do writing the draft. Revision allows me to make my characters deeper [...]

The first revision round has been like a roller coaster. Between ups and downs, doubt and fear, and just plain trying to make time—it’s been a trip to say the least.
I’m making progress in this middle section of the novel. Just like in the first part, I’ve found that I also had to axe another [...]

So the first round of revision is pretty much done for Act 1 scenes. So the first 75 pages have a better shape than they did originally with the draft. But I’m sure once I go through this whole novel for this revision round, there will plenty to go back and revise.
So, here I am [...]

So if you’ve been reading my blog, you know that I had what I like to call a “moment” with this draft and current revision round.
But I had a breakthrough in brainstorming and have been very productive. I’m still revising my Act 1 scenes, but I’m also looking ahead to what’s in store for me [...]