Well, I did get a chance to write yesterday after the kids went to bed. I ended up deleting a hundred or so words and tweaking a sentence or two in the previous chapter for continuity purposes. Only then was I able to make some forward progress, including the first big kiss between the hero and heroine. I'll reread it tonight to find out if it's as good as I thought it was last night.
I'm sure I'll tweak it here and there. I'm forever tweaking...
I'm sure I'll tweak it here and there. I'm forever tweaking...
It's an addiction...write a little, tweak. Write a little more, tweak again.
ReplyDeleteHi, Krista, I just found your blog through Romancing the Blog. Good luck with your book!
ReplyDeleteWhen does the tweaking stop? That's what I want to know.
ReplyDelete* sigh *
Good luck!
Michelle
I only begin tweaking after the whole thing is drafted, otherwise I get stuck and stalled and otherwise unproductive.
ReplyDeleteAs for when it stops . . . all I can say is when it's as good as you can make it at that time. You may end up tweaking it again (after it's been rejected a time or two or three, maybe), but for that moment it's as good as you think you can do with it.
Barring that, there's just got be a time when you go, "ok, time to let this one go."
And only you can find that place.