I finally reached the halfway mark of my novel...kinda sorta. In a way, I feel like it's going to go through a huge number of edits before it's all said and done. At this point, I have finally written a chapter summary that I'm happy with although I'm still working out the kinks of my three main characters (I actually changed the names of my two male leads). I now have a villain that I can't wait to do a back story on (and yes, his name has changed as well).
It's my heroine that I'm most proud of. She's gone through the most changes from bitter, to scared, to just downright tired. Now she's decided to come out of hiding and just be herself, well if she can. There's still the matter of her psycho ex-boyfriend to consider. She hasn't found any record of him via web searches but no news is good news right? Not really. Especially not when she runs into his mom who knows what her son really did (and that our girl is innocent) and she's looking to make things right. At least, that's the thought for now.
I have to admit that this is a lot harder than I initially thought. I can see why people give up the idea of becoming a writer. I probably would have quit on Sunday but I have a contest that I'm still in and nothing else to do. I'm working part-time and other than the weekly visits to the library, I can't say that there is much else going on. I guess if I weren't so lazy I would start looking for a second job but writing is as much a full time job as anything else, except you really don't get paid for it.
Well, I'm going to give myself a pat on the back anyway. Even though I've written about 40,000 words of craptastic fiction, I'm sure that there is a diamond in that pile, just waiting to be polished, over and over and over again.
Man, if think it's hard now, I'm not sure how I will find the strength to edit.
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