What happened in the first draft
The start of the book was an outpouring of a real life event that happened in my life, which led to a situation where in real life I went left where as Vic went right. From there it was a combination of bits from my life mixed with made up scenes and of course the supernatural. I wrote almost straight through without much of an outline or planning. I knew in my mind what I wanted to accomplish in the story and to my surprise the story took me in directions that I hadn't expected. I finished it and let it set for a while, having several people read it and give me feedback. Then I started to analyze it myself.
Which leads us to the Second draft
As I looked over my book I realized that there were things that I wanted to change. Not so much content wise. The things I wanted to happen occurred, though not in the order I wanted them to. In addition the time line seemed far too short for the things that happened. What I intended to happen over the course of 9 months to a year, ended up happening over the course of four months. Lastly there is a couple of characters that I felt deserved a bit more attention.
So currently I'm working my way through the book, chopping up and rearranging parts into a new order and trying to work them back together. It's a fun and frustrating process let me tell you.
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