FEBRUARY ALREADY

SCATTERING - REVAMP

I can't believe we've already gobbled up January and today, on Valentine's Day, (well, it is in Australia) this is the first time I've opened my blog since December.

That's probably because I have been doing a lot of editing, a whole book's worth of editing. 

I felt something was wrong with 'Scattering' but it took SuperEd to realise why I was struggling. The first book in the trilogy, 'Harrowing' was written completely from my MC, Lexi's point of view. That worked fairly well when most of the action took place around her but 'Scattering' needed to encompass action in several locations.

Lexi was inevitably doing a lot of 'telling' and usually after the fact, often retold from people had been there. Added to that, I was 'filling in' with events at the farm, and not too interesting events either. The story was getting lost.

So, with one eye on how I would take it, SuperEd suggested that I rewrite the book in third person, adding the events being experienced by those who were actually there. This also gave me more scope to examine their emotions, showing their reactions and tightening up everything.

A month later and it's done! now it's waiting for SuperEd to check it out. I'm sure there will be rewrites but I am happier with the result. It also gives another dimension to the title. No only does it refer to the next stage in the growing/farming process but the focus is spread, scattered in several locations.