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So, though I was trying the write a sentence a day technique, what I ended up writing didn't feel right to me. The character didn't have the voice I remembered her having when I first "met" her, and so I scratched that beginning and decided to start over. After talking about a number of writing exercises (which helped me get some perspective), I thought I had some direction, a new way to go.

What I didn't expect was a secondary character, who I thought might someday star in her own book, to be the voice that came out most clearly. And once I'd written a couple of hand written pages from her perspective, I understood Jesse's voice much more clearly. Of course, now I have to rethink what the story is all about, because that second narrator changes a lot about the telling. It could be she's just the scaffolding I needed to get started, but I suspect that she might be a more active part in this story than I'd originally thought.

Edit: I forgot the original topic I was going to post today! I want to officially welcome [livejournal.com profile] sartorias's new book, The King's Shield into the world, and welcome the multi-parented anthology The Dimension Next Door onto the shelves as well. Happy book birthdays!
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