My goal to finish my young adult novel has been the end of May for a long time. As that approaches more and more quickly I’ve had really buckle down and get to work. Earlier this evening I finished Chapter 13 of the second draft, bringing the total percentage up to 59%!  For anyone who’s been watching, you know that means more than 10% has been added in the last few days.

I can only guess that this will keep rising as at a fast pace. I spent some time going over the third draft, so the second has been rather stagnant. This week I decided to go back to it. It’s exciting in some ways.  Chapter 14 starts with a new character perspective, and a part of the book that I have been anticipating because of significant changes I want to make.

The character spends some time by himself, and I was afraid of that because people tend to like dialogue to carry the story along. I think giving him run-ins and experiences with the creatures of the forest will really help it move forward. Besides how could I use a setting based loosely on Wyoming and not have creatures of the forest?

EDIT: be sure to check back tomorrow for Part 2 of the Tuesday Night Story!