Write something each day

My co-author is on a three week vacation so I have turned my writing attention to other projects, an advantage of having several writing pieces at different levels of development. I continue reorganizing Dubious Grief writing scenes and letting the material flow. I've given up trying to impose a predetermined structure on the story. For my historical novel I'm mostly done with the research and now think about how my protagonist will react to specific events and write short snippets to develop into scenes later. I write whatever interests me on a daily basis. My goal is simply to write, write, write something every day.

Complementary editing styles

Yesterday during my writing session with my co-author we discovered our minds work very differently as we approach editing and organizing the book. We are using a spreadsheet to identify each scene we have written, it's purpose/goal, and the take away for the reader. I'm a plodder. I work best if I can concentrate on one editing task at a time. My co-author tends to see many tasks as we work on organizing the material. Her mind is like a pinball, easily moving from one task to another. So we discussed these differences and decided my focused approach and her ability to see all the other editing issues actually are complementary strengths. As we plod along identifying each scene goal, she notices where the 'holes' in the story are and records these in a note column. Reminders of editing tasks to pursue next. Once we figured out how our different styles complemented one another we were able to edit in a way that suited both our styles.

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