Having Fun with Raven’s Return
I am going through Raven’s Return, my second book, and having fun with it.
I first started editing it and figuring out what I needed to change, and then I got very serious about it, and then I hated it.
What happened?
I forgot to have fun with the book. It’s not a serious topic, but a plot-driven, playful book. I forgot to have fun with the characters, and I’m sure at this point they are so happy that I’m playing with them now.
Whew.
What am I doing so different?
I’m adding more and more dialogue on each page. I learned from my first book, Brownie Fix, that the dialogue moves the story along, and readers want the dialogue. Once I started adding the dialogue, then I started having fun again.
I had forgotten that writing was supposed to be fun, but it’s the editing that’s a pain.
Right now, bring on the dialogue.
