I have been given the most incredible opportunity, so I have been adding words to my story, The Maloney Boys of Conburroi. It's taken me 5 weeks, which is far longer than I imagined it would take but it was far more difficult that I ever dreamed!
So I'm back to the submission stage...but the good thing this time is that it will be published. The question is how and by who. And that takes a lot of the nail-biting away, for me. I only need to be patient to find out the answer. And after working on this story for so so so long, a little longer can't hurt (too much!).
When you write a story from 4 people's POV, to then go and add another 20% to it sounds easy because you have a lot to work with. But, oh, silly me, it's never as easy as it sounds. Why don't I know that yet?
My 4 stories are balanced rather evenly...and I needed to keep that balance.
I have a couple of large over-reaching issues, which I didn't want to detract from by adding smaller catastrophes.
I needed to keep the 4 strong (I hope) voices I have.
I needed the new words to work in seamlessly, so no one could tell that I added to the story.
My writing is rather sparse, so I couldn't just pad out with extra descriptions...besides 20% of added description would be impossible, surely!
So, those were the challenges. Add to them a shocking chest infection and a week's long holiday and I was majorly stressed. But I worked hard, thought a lot, and with the help of an amazing writing buddy,
a friend and my hubby, I hope I've managed it.
Stay tuned to see how I went - but be warned, this waiting game is serious!
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| Waiting for the storm |
When you write a story from 4 people's POV, to then go and add another 20% to it sounds easy because you have a lot to work with. But, oh, silly me, it's never as easy as it sounds. Why don't I know that yet?
My 4 stories are balanced rather evenly...and I needed to keep that balance.
I have a couple of large over-reaching issues, which I didn't want to detract from by adding smaller catastrophes.
I needed to keep the 4 strong (I hope) voices I have.
I needed the new words to work in seamlessly, so no one could tell that I added to the story.
My writing is rather sparse, so I couldn't just pad out with extra descriptions...besides 20% of added description would be impossible, surely!
So, those were the challenges. Add to them a shocking chest infection and a week's long holiday and I was majorly stressed. But I worked hard, thought a lot, and with the help of an amazing writing buddy,
a friend and my hubby, I hope I've managed it.
Stay tuned to see how I went - but be warned, this waiting game is serious!
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