On tossing out 30,000 words

12/28/2014

Talk about throwing out the baby with the bath--maybe I just did. I was up to 62,000 words plus in my latest novel, A Cold Copper Moon, and I didn't like what I was writing---so…I tossed over 30,000 words. They are out there somewhere! But they won't be back in this novel--Geez!

That's the latest in the adventures of this writer. If you have a similar experience--please share. Thanks.

Connie

2 Comments

David Humphrey

12/28/2014 10:47:43 am

I'm having a kind of opposite problem. I've been asked to add a stronger secondary story line but in doing so it's making the story way too long and I have to make cuts. I'm so completely stuck I never finished the secondary story line. So, for now, I've shelved it and will come back to it at a later date. Congrats on being able to make the tough cuts.

Connie

12/30/2014 01:43:14 am

Isn't it fun! Cutting and adding--it's the way of the writer, I guess. I see your point about making the story too long. I think you are right about putting it aside for the time and letting your mind work through it.
Eventually your creative mind will win out. Congrats to you for continuing the struggle!

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Richard "Connie" Conrath

Richard's first two books in the Cooper Mystery Series, Cooper's Moon and Blood Moon Rising will have a grand finale coming out this summer, 2020...In this next book, A Cold Copper Moon, readers will learn what happened to Detective Cooper's son, Maxie. Remember? Max disappeared 8 years ago. I promise I'll give you ample clues, but the end provides quite a twist! Let's see if you can figure it out... I doubt it. No early readers have so far.