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Chucking out the old...

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Let me start by saying, I never intended to do it. I mean, it was all going so smoothly.


But it just wasn't working for me anymore.


I wasn't happy.


It was all a little safe, a bit boring, no excitement, no risks, safe.


It was moving forward, don't get me wrong, but I no longer wanted to go along with it.


So, all those 60,000 words of draft 1 of Book 3 were put to the side. Given the elbow, the ol' heave ho, dumped, cast away.


I've never done this before, and now I plan more than ever for a book I never expected to but I could feel it coming. Adding words was easy, bringing up the word count wasn't a problem... the problem was I wasn't enjoying it and if I'm not, how can a reader.


That's why I did it.


Now, a week and a bit later, I am back in the groove of this book. The story isn't changing, but the characters are - they've come alive more, the risk is there, the tension, and I've just snuck up to 20,000 words and I'm at the same bit I was at in the 60,000 words!


This is a pacier start to the book, and a short blog post!


Onward!


And trust your instincts!



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