{"id":10512,"date":"2005-12-01T21:29:38","date_gmt":"2005-12-02T03:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mercuryranch.org\/blog\/?p=290"},"modified":"2005-12-01T21:29:38","modified_gmt":"2005-12-02T03:29:38","slug":"taking-a-different-tack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/taking-a-different-tack\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking a Different Tack"},"content":{"rendered":"

I usually write the first draft of the novel through to the end. With Threads & Ties<\/strong>, I’m taking a different tack. Why? This time I have someone providing feedback as I go, and, at the halfway point, I’ve had a number of legitimate flaws pointed out to me. I need some serious characterization work–Nikki has problems. <\/p>\n

Well, we knew Nikki had problems, but I also have had problems writing her effectively. On one hand, I’ve done a wonderful job of writing a view completely opposite to one I personally hold. Unfortunately, I haven’t written a position I personally hold worth a darn. I have to fix that, so the reader cannot tell which position is mine. (Added later: And something reads wrong with that statement, since the book isn’t really about my opinions or positions…)<\/p>\n

Now that NaNo is completed, I’m reworking from the beginning, and trying to learn to write more effectively.<\/p>\n

And I’m doing so with a wonderful new handicap. Natasha, a gorgeous four-year-old Siamese seems to have adopted me last night. I was hoping she would. At the moment, she’s working diligently to push my keyboard away from me in favor of me giving her attention. What a kitty!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I usually write the first draft of the novel through to the end. With Threads & Ties, I’m taking a different tack. Why? This time I have someone providing feedback as I go, and, at the halfway point, I’ve had a number of legitimate flaws pointed out to me. I …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[77,53,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pets","category-threads-ties","category-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}