49K+ Am working hard to bring the chapters into cohesion. Right now, they don't transition well. But I've been working and working and reording things and eliminating characters or changing them around. For example. PE's stepmother is now her mother, and her father is now her stepfather. I think that works better. I will say I'm working at making GML have some fairly serious character flaws, like sleeping with PE's mother, for gosh sakes. But when he's redeemed, he will be really redeemed, by golly. Also, urp, I have been reading a lot of Romance lately, plus lurking on some lists. Reading observation number 1) Many of the stories completely fall apart during sex. There doesn't feel like there's anything at stake. It's just feel-good. Ho-hum. Lurking Observation Number 1) Readers have said they often skip the sex. So, this means there will be some fall out in the genre unless writers start addressing this issue. The genre is NOT about sex. Those scenes should not be there just to titillate. They should be meaningful to the participants. A lot of emotion is at stake, and I'm surprised at the number of Best Selling authors who seem not to have put anything at stake but the climax. Hmm.
posted by Carolyn @ 1/18/2004 11:14:00 PM Permalink
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