That thing where you’re 55,000 words into your novel and you discover that you need a new plot thread, which will have to start much earlier in order not to feel too sudden, and that means you’ll have to bring back at least two characters from an earlier book.
It’s not a bad thing.
Heed the Muse whenever she speaks, Mike Reeves-McMillan!
Heed the Muse whenever she speaks, Mike Reeves-McMillan!
Heed the Muse whenever she speaks, Mike Reeves-McMillan!
Heed the Muse whenever she speaks, Mike Reeves-McMillan!
Heed the Muse whenever she speaks, Mike Reeves-McMillan!
Had the same problem with a book that ended up needing an entirely new beginning along with a few new characters. Has honestly helped the story, but it is still a lot of work to have to go back and re-invent the first 1/4 to 1/3 of the story and move a lot of things around. The general plot and overall story arcs are the same. How I arrive at them, however, are completely different.
Had the same problem with a book that ended up needing an entirely new beginning along with a few new characters. Has honestly helped the story, but it is still a lot of work to have to go back and re-invent the first 1/4 to 1/3 of the story and move a lot of things around. The general plot and overall story arcs are the same. How I arrive at them, however, are completely different.
Had the same problem with a book that ended up needing an entirely new beginning along with a few new characters. Has honestly helped the story, but it is still a lot of work to have to go back and re-invent the first 1/4 to 1/3 of the story and move a lot of things around. The general plot and overall story arcs are the same. How I arrive at them, however, are completely different.
Had the same problem with a book that ended up needing an entirely new beginning along with a few new characters. Has honestly helped the story, but it is still a lot of work to have to go back and re-invent the first 1/4 to 1/3 of the story and move a lot of things around. The general plot and overall story arcs are the same. How I arrive at them, however, are completely different.
Had the same problem with a book that ended up needing an entirely new beginning along with a few new characters. Has honestly helped the story, but it is still a lot of work to have to go back and re-invent the first 1/4 to 1/3 of the story and move a lot of things around. The general plot and overall story arcs are the same. How I arrive at them, however, are completely different.
I did that recently, Joe Adams. (Google serves me up about ten Joe Adamses but not yours, when I add the plus) The hardest part is learning the ‘new’ novel and not falling back believing that in so and so section I said this when this was in the earlier draft.
I did that recently, Joe Adams. (Google serves me up about ten Joe Adamses but not yours, when I add the plus) The hardest part is learning the ‘new’ novel and not falling back believing that in so and so section I said this when this was in the earlier draft.
I did that recently, Joe Adams. (Google serves me up about ten Joe Adamses but not yours, when I add the plus) The hardest part is learning the ‘new’ novel and not falling back believing that in so and so section I said this when this was in the earlier draft.
I did that recently, Joe Adams. (Google serves me up about ten Joe Adamses but not yours, when I add the plus) The hardest part is learning the ‘new’ novel and not falling back believing that in so and so section I said this when this was in the earlier draft.
I did that recently, Joe Adams. (Google serves me up about ten Joe Adamses but not yours, when I add the plus) The hardest part is learning the ‘new’ novel and not falling back believing that in so and so section I said this when this was in the earlier draft.
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