Meaning I am a day behind in everything! However, everyone at work was strangely AHEAD a day...I had at least four patients coming in for their appointments tomorrow and were surprised to learn that it was, in fact, only Tuesday.
It made me think about time pacing in my manuscript. As a writer, I'm constantly trying to figure out how quickly (or slowly) I need certain things to progress. That also goes hand in hand with complexity. If things are too complex and you rush through them the reader may miss some important stuff. Too simple and too slow you may bore them to death.
I'm in the process of outlining my manuscript and deciding which parts go where. I definitely want my beginning to move along at a fairly brisk pace. I also want my readers to connect and care about my characters, but not get bogged down in filler and frills b/c the meat of the story is pretty rich and I want them to focus more on how everything gets started.
My ending already I know will be very quick and then abruptly end (if the sequel lurking in the back of my mind eventually manifests some real possibilities plotwise. Otherwise I'll just stick to a slower ending so the reader can savor it.).
SO much to think about lately. Working on adjusting my outline as I type. Mind's always working haha.
In other news it is ridiculously hot outside so if any of this appear redundant I apologize, I feel like you could fry two eggs on my face...*slumps over with fan*.
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