I’m trying to figure out how to re-write the part about how the main character in story #1 decorated her house. This part is definitely based on a true story, but I think I need to not say Target. Maybe. What’s the rule with writing about brands?
I also think I need to point the problem out somewhere in there. Maybe after the flashback?
Is it bad that I’m already hating my story and questioning everything? Okay not hating it, but not loving it either.
It is all about the practice though. And I can always edit.
You can certainly see that I’m working on one of my goals for this blog: letting go of perfectionism.
Okay. Brain dump ideas/questions about Story #1:
- What is a more interesting problem? Should we get supernatural? Political? It can’t just be about Ruth and Alec moving to the country…
- Change the beginning part. I think Ruth should be more hopeful versus the “this is it?” thought.
- Also, why did they move?
- I should probably talk more about the nuances of them staying in Ruth’s in-law’s farmhouse. Like the guilt and the owing someone else and the inevitable strings attached.
- Who is Ruth? Why will reader’s care about her. I certainly have more time to add to this list, but this is something I’m thinking about.
That’s probably enough for now. Hey, at least I started story #1. Woot!
Now the challenge is to keep. Going!
