Monday, February 15, 2010

POV change is DONE! Holy Cow was that a lot of work!

This POV change was for Spellbound, my 3rd completed novel. Basically it's about a simplistic woman who falls for a wealthy man and the differences they must deal with when they start a committed relationship. It tackles a lot of issues today's couples must deal with: financial, religious, familial.

I shouldn't have been surprised at the amount of work this took...I knew it would be very time-consuming. But in the beginning, it was just time consuming....easy....replacing I and we with she and they. But the more I went on...it just got to be a huge pain in the butt. Worth it, hopefully, but a huge pain.

But today I finally finished it. Whew! Huge weight has been lifted! This change was necessary and it was worth it. I think the story is stronger...love that I can add my hero's POV in. I think that helps the story a lot!

So next step...after I let this baby sit for a week, is to go back through and tighten it up. I need to add in some more spots with hero's POV and determine where I can cut some things. It's a tad too long. But I'm not overly concerned with that.

So now I have a little over a month to get this story ready for pitching at The Write Stuff Writer's Conference the end of March.

9 comments:

  1. Glad you got that done. I've had to do that before and it's such a pain!

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  2. Congrats on finishing. You are really dedicated!

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  3. You go girl, get that bad boy ready for the conference. congratulations on finishing.

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  4. Good job! Those kind of adjustments can be so painful and time consuming.

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  5. COngrats on getting it done! You've got a good amount of time for edits and revisions

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  6. At first all that came up on my screen was the post title, and I thought that was all you posted! It made me laugh, because it really was all you needed to say. :)

    POV change is hugely difficult and time consuming. I've tried it before and it was so much more difficult than I thought. Congrats on a gigantic hurdle!! The book sounds really interesting!!

    (BTW - I'm giving away my book on the blog this week - stop by and comment to enter!)

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  7. OOOH! Thanks Heidi! I will come on over right now!

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  8. That does sound like a lot of work - but hopefully well worth it!

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