So I rewrote a chapter of the mystery novel upon the suggestion of my writer's group. I'd glossed over a prison interview scene, and they nailed me for it. I've also never been happy with the opening. Never.
My first opening had been in media res, and it was too abrupt a drop into the action without the introduction of the characters or scene. I tried changing the moment it was in the middle of the action before I realized that it just didn't work. (Reading over multiple mystery novel openings has convinced me of the error of my ways.) So I wrote another opening this afternoon out of nowhere, and I think it works a little better, but I'm really interested to see what my WG buds think.
1612 words today, despite spending an hour or two reading blogs about self-publishing and opening a twitter account.
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