The More You Dig
Dig deeper into your plot!
Dig deeper into everything!
That advice is all well and good, but...
The deeper you dig, the more you want to show off all the depth youāve uncovered. Thereās danger in that. And I fell victim with my first published book, The Gollywhopper Games.
In her notes, my editor wrote one sentence in the margins so many times, I was ready to buy her a stamp that read YOU need to know this, but do WE?
She was right. You didnāt. But itās hard to make the reader feel satisfied that youāve explored everyone, everything, every idea to the nth degree without spilling it all onto the page.
And so, Iāve learned to keep digging. Digging deep, deeper, deepest. But some thoughts are better left in my notes.
Jody Feldman is currently digging deeply into a character sheās trying to get to know much better. The question is, will that person open up? Or does Jody need to move on? Weāll see.
Man, sometimes it feels like that cutting room floor is soooo rich...
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