AURIA CORTES

I’m afraid to go back and reread the chapters I wrote. Since I changed the voice of my MC, everything that I have written (all 23,000 plus words) need to be rewritten. But I figure it’s best to move forward so I can complete the first draft by March 31^st. The scenes I’ve written are salvageable, so I won’t have to start from scratch. But each one has to be revisited.

I had difficulty determining my MC’s conflict. Since changing the MC’s voice, the conflict naturally found its way to me. This makes for easier writing. I was able to meet yesterday’s word count without a problem.

Last Monday I didn’t post my word count for The Devil’s Playground. Not because I didn’t reach my word count, I did. But because I took the day off my blogging. In the past two weeks I wrote 12,148 words. I purposely wrote more than my goal to make up for the week I lagged behind. I’m still behind my overall goal by over 2,000 words.  

One thing that I have noticed during the past two weeks is that my MC has taken on a southern twang. She is using words such as “fretting” and “minding.” I’m not sure why she has decided to do this, but I’m not going to fight her on it. I’ll let her be. I’m curious to see how she will evolve.