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On tossing out  30,000 words

12/28/2014

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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
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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.

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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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