The
Writer Unboxed post by Lisa Cron explains how to trace your protagonist’s inner
journey. The first time I read it, I stopped in despair at the words, “What
they end up with is a narrative that’s basically just a bunch of things that
happen.” I went back, read the article again and mapped my protagonist’s inner
journey. Yes, she does change. As I revise, I can strengthen that.
LaurieHalse Anderson’s post called Revision Roadmap is my next project. Anderson
describes how to make a scene-by-scene roadmap of a novel, and ways to detect
problems like unnecessary scenes, excessive dialog, misplaced subplots and
pacing problems. My novel has already experienced a lot of cutting and
significant expansion. Perhaps it’s time to see if it works.
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