Meredith Mansfield, Author

I’m about 60% into the initial read-through of the first draft of BECOME: TO CATCH THE LIGHTNING.

Making a few minor revisions as I go, but mostly notes on things that I need to change or add.

Here’s what I know so far:

1. The first chapters are going to need the most work. No surprise there. As a discovery writer, I’m often feeling my way into the story at the beginning. Also, that’s the part that’s going to need the most in terms of bringing out the internal conflict.
2. I need to bring that conflict forward throughout. But I knew that already.
3. Some minor geographical changes need to be made. Partly, this is to accommodate what I’ve written in the sequel, but it works better for this story, too. I’ve made one change, but I’ll need a second read-through to make sure everything is consistent. Well, I’ll be re-reading this at least three or four times before it’s published, anyway.
4. There are, unsurprisingly, things I need to go back and add. That’s normal.
5. No matter how hard I sometimes struggled to get this first draft out, I really do still love this story. Whew! That’s the most important one.