Chapter four was being so difficult, I skipped ahead to what would happen immediately after I got through the hospital bit. Oddly enough, considering I only vaguely knew where I was going after the hospital bit, it worked. Now I’m back to chapter four and filling in the transition. It reminds me of that scene in Dead Poets’ Society (won’t quote since I only ever saw the movie in the theater)–in essence, stand on the desk to get a different [...]
First readers still approve! I’m into chapter four now after some minor, improving edits suggested by said first readers and just wrestled through another of those transition scenes that always bog me down. When I was first writing, I had the habit of just ending scenes abruptly and moving to the next important moment or scene, skipping over the Very Irksome Transitions. Of course, this made things very choppy, so I cannot recommend it. These days, I prefer to deal [...]