Unfortunately, a lot of that new material I said was flowing in my last post had to be cut. It was just killing the pace. That’s bad at any time, but worse in a young adult novel. And horrible at the beginning of any novel, when readers aren’t fully engaged, yet.
Well, no writing or inspiration is ever wasted. It did sort of take the wind out of my sails for a bit, though. I really did like the couple of scenes I’d written. This first part of DREAMER’S ROSE has given me more trouble. I really do think I’m on the right track this time, but the key is to show just enough and not get bogged down in it.
For the moment, I’ve gone back to some fine-tuning on the beginning of BLOOD WILL TELL before I go back to DREAMER’S ROSE. That’s why it’s a good idea to have more than one thing to work on.
Meredith Mansfield, Author 
Personally, I think it’s a sign of a mature writer that you can recognize so quickly that what you are writing should not actually be included in the book.
Maturity sucks, though. 🙂
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It wasn’t easy to cut those scenes. I’d just written them and I really liked them, but they just weren’t moving the story.
This chapter is a hard one, since it’s sort of a transition, building up to the first appearance of the antagonist and the first try/fail cycle. And yet I need to SHOW the transition.
Good thing I’m not allergic to challenges.
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