One thing I'm noticing that's different with this book and BE is that I'm not playing around. if I'm in the mood to write, I'm writing a full chapter, no excuses. I don't want it to drag on and on like Being Evil. After a three month break (omg...I still cringe at that) it's the least I could do. So far the one complaint I keep getting form Pre-Beta is that I don't have enough details in my writing. I used to have tons of detail, a paragraph describing how the inside of a tent looked. However in BE it was told in first person and the MC was very short and to the point. Most detail came from his sarcastic comments. Because this one is third person limited, I don't have a lot of those inside thoughts. But at the same town I keep thinking that details = telling not showing. But how am I supposed to show? I can't describe the street my characters are walking on? I have to have them comment on how wobbly and dark the road is?
I don't understan the show don't tell thing in practice. Anyone wanna direct me to a crash course?
Well I'm off to exercise in the meantime.
That's right. Exercise.
-Jessie
I know how you feel! I'm exhausted.
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