Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite

Well, I entered the secret agent contest at miss snark’s first victim and received feedback that I was going through the refrigerator too early.  I needed to let my reader get to know Aiden more.  Sooooo, I am working on rewriting the beginning of Pelegra, again.  I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve rewritten the beginning.  Oh well, with each rewrite, it gets better.  I do not have the new beginning posted here yet.  Probably after Tuesday.  I am also reading another book (more than one actually) The anatomy of story by John Trudy, which is quite excellent and reinforces the fact that you must fully develop your characters–all of them–in order to have a vivid story that your readers will care about.  I’m also reading a YA fiction book titled Pucker by Melanie Gideon.  I just started it and like it so far.  I’m also mapping out another book–non pelegra related.  I found a great mind mapping site called WiseMapping.com.  If you want to mind map and don’t want to pay for software, this site is a great solution.  Well back to the “writing” board.

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