Because the beginning of the novel sets
up the rest of the book and, in a way, nearly dictates the everything
that happens after it, I've been busy at work trying to revise the
first two chapters of my novel.
I'm pretty sure I have it all figured out.
There is a lot going into the
process. This is a character-driven novel and the reader needs to
connect to at least one of the characters and be at least interested
in the others, while also having an idea of where
things could go. Even if that's not where they go, the reader should be
able to look back and recall that what happened was evident from the
beginning.
At least that's what I'm going for at this moment.
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| Learn the simple steps to revising two chapters. Image: "four eyes" (CC BY 2.0) by istolethetv |
Today, I am sharing with you my easy
65-step process of re-writing the first two chapters of a character-driven novel so that the mystery behind revising will be revealed.