I finally got an editor. And whoa, boy. Ouch. The VE (volunteer editor’s) made a lot of suggestions/edits; all of which were helpful. So, I’m back to the drawing board or laptop as the case may be.
I’ve already started working on it again, and I think it is much improved. The sex is more graphic/descriptive (one of the VE's complaints) and I’ve really gotten into my main character’s mind set better.
I took a lot the VE’s advise and deleted some things and re-wrote/re-arranged others. The story was originally around 7500 words, but now it's at 8500 and still going. I had originally let the story stop on a kind of bittersweet note with no definite ending. My idea was to let the reader decide; a sort of "happy for now" ending. However, once I was fully submersed in writing it again, I knew how I had to finish the story. The idea just sort of popped into my head and I had to write it. Consequently, I have a beginning, most of the middle and the end. Now I just have to write the remaining parts in-between and I’ll be done.
I like this new version already. I think you will too.
Take care,
Jane
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