The last couple weeks I’ve had my main male character on the brain. I kept wondering how we really felt before the opening events and when he reached the first decision point in the story. I took it that a) this meant I needed to know and tell that part of the story and b) it might be time to really start the rewrite.
So today I squirreled myself away in a secret location and stared at the screen for awhile and then I started typing. I started on a blank page whose title included the word rewrite. My goal was to get to the point where the new page started to join in with the beginning of the story as I knew it.
1206 words later I closed the laptop and felt pretty darn good about it. I think it’s a better intro to him and to the story. It’s a much better reason for him to take the first steps into the story.
I might have no idea what I’m doing but I had a good time doing it.
So all in all a good day. A bit of errands, a splash of shopping and a bottle of this:
It’s apparently also available in older vintages. It’s so good I wouldn’t mind stashing a few bottles for a few years…
