Comments on: Wrong Scene, Stupid!

By: Tanya

Tanya — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:45:49 +0000

I’m having the same problem with my YA, but it’s not that it’s the wrong scene, it’s that I’m in the wrong mind frame. I can’t find my character’s voice because I’m so far into another character’s voice in yet another book that I guess I just have to wait until it comes to me. Nothing worse than trying to force something that isn’t there. The kicker is, the book is all plotted out. I’m just not there mentally.

By: Raine

Raine — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:04:02 +0000

Ok, I’m gonna plead stupid and say I have no idea what you’re talking about, and yes, I’m sure it’s because I’m feeling really dense…sorry!

By: Amie Stuart

Amie Stuart — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:03:50 +0000

agreed but I’m still shaking my head at some of the crap I cut!

By: MelissaB

MelissaB — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:31:34 +0000

A scene in the wrong place falls under the same umbrella for me. When the reader gets that information at the moment it falls flat, but I think it comes more from a revising standpoint as you stated. To me it’s an easier fix. Not that it’s EASY, just easier than hitting your head on the wall.

By: Amie Stuart

Amie Stuart — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:52:00 +0000

Wrapping up edits on first 150 or so pages of current wip and while I don’t think I had “wrong scenes” I did move stuff around in chapter one so that what I felt was more important was moved to the forefront while less important/secondary stuff was moved back.

Considering this proposal has gone out to, and been rejected by, 5 editors, I’m cringing a bit in part because there was quite a bit of … extraneous stuff…that I cut purely for the sake of pacing. WTF? was I thinking?

I also got a chance to beef up the motivation/goals/conflict in two *very* important scenes. I KNEW they didn’t work/felt lame! On the downside my H/h have now been apart for 78 pages

By: MelissaB

MelissaB — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:23:04 +0000

The beloved delete key. I didn’t list it, because you know I’m hoarding every word I write with NaNo.

But, yes, delete is my friend.

By: Dennie ~

Dennie ~ — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:07:40 +0000

for me, it’s the delete key. When I have re-written the sentence four different ways and can’t get into or out of the scene then I know it’s not meshing well.

I write a sentence and write {add more here} … if I do that though, I guess I haven’t really written the scene