KOTD: Chapter 1 DONE! · 9:30am Aug 12th, 2017
I did it I did it! Finished chapter 1 rewrite! Never again! I'm so sick of that damn chapter! I've rewritten it like...four times now? That's not including edit overhauls. Broke it into two parts because chapter 1 being 10,400 words is...uninviting. Ugh. I'm never touching it again. For the most part, I had way too many sentences that started with "I" like "I did this" or "I did that" so I reworded them as much as possible. There were also sentences that were unclear, or seemed...out of place. Added in more imagery, extended some stuff, moved stuff around. Done! Finally! I don't mind reworking the rest of the story but I'm just so SICK of chapter 1!
The other issue I as having, is I wanted the reader to feel emotionally exhausted so they can feel what the main character feels. Unfortunately this comes across as poor writing but...I like it so too bad.
Feel free to give it a read if you want and let me know what you think!
