Desperation?

Restructuring.

Reorganization.

A little re-imagining of a process tried, true and tested.

All these concepts send shudders through the professional world when a corporate shake-up always means lay-offs for the lower-downs and lesser hours for the higher-ups.

Well, I’m about to re-imagine reorganization!

What does this have to do with writing/editing, you ask?

Simple. I’m shaking up the edits on The Hushing Days. Turning things on its head. Going a little wild and crazy with that staid, stalled process.

I’ve been laboring over Chapter Seven for weeks until I’ve come to essentially despise the poor thing. This is bad.

So, I’ve decided to let Seven rest in peace for a bit, and drag Chapter One onto the old chopping block. This, I hope, is good.

Restructuring.

Reorganization.

Desperation?

Perhaps.

But I’ll let you know if it works, just the same.

Until tomorrow…

Chloe

Fool's Errand or Brilliance?

Is a late-in-the-game reimagining of a manuscript’s chapters a fool’s errand or brilliance?

Well?

I certainly don’t know so don’t look at me. I’m the clueless one here who is considering chopping and dicing The Hushing Days’ 20 carefully-structured chapters into 30.

That whole “roundtripping the reader” thing I blogged about several days ago is still itching against my authorly skin. Switching scenes from New York to Philadelphia back to New York in a single chapter of Revolutionary War-era romance is worrying me ragged.

So, I’m staring at the scissors hard, looking for ads for machetes in the paper, and contemplating renting a chipper-shredder for the day.

But…

*worries nervously at nails*

What if less is really more?  What if 20 donuts are indeed more filling than 30-something donut holes? What if…

Yeah, yeah, you get the picture, I’m sure.

Now, I just need the answer before my chainsaw gets cranking.

Until tomorrow…

Chloe