All right, so the thing I might get criticized for the most is that I'm a girl writing from a guy's perspective. I don't even have many (or any, actually) guy friends to ask them about guy things or guy opinions, so, when writing the second draft, I'm struggling with the lead character, Blake's... Well, girliness, I suppose. I need to figure out what seems realistic, guy-ish, while still maintaining the views and opinions he has.
For example, today, after much thought over a several month period, I decided to change a major minor thing (I think I'm going to be using this term a lot. Don't know if it exists, but in case it doesn't, it means it's a minor thing that is major compared to other minor things, or, let's say, one of the few major things in a chapter that don't really matter elsewhere). I finally figured out that not only it is too weird for a guy that has a history in playing sports, but it's also completely not Blake. Largely because of his background in sports. He just wouldn't... The part that I'm cutting is a thousand word description of how he tries to balance and slide on ice, preferably not falling. He wouldn't fall on his face a hundread times over.
It's amazing how much editing can tell you about your character, how much you can learn. I'm excited to see what else the new manuscript brings me.
Oh, and also, I changed a very small major thing. There is this running gag about an *insert color* *insert item* that is largely connected to the title and even appears on some of the covers I've made for the novel. Today I changed the color. Huge, right? Yeah, not so much. The color didn't really change, I just found a more appropriate name for it. I'm not really good with names of shades.
Tomorrow I might be able to get the very first opinion on the 2nd draft of chapter 1 of The Changing Cloak. Can't wait!
Jane
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