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| It's time for the Minesota State Fair I'm flying out of Oregon to MN this afternoon. My daughter and I are spending the day checking out the new foods and picking up our favorites: Reuben dogs( I make them at home, Keto friendly) Fries, Corn, Nuts Sweet Martha's cookies (I'm taking them home for my son) Fried Cheese curds or cheese pronto pup (one or the other, not both) We bring zip lock bags and containers to bring the extra home. We try to share everything so we don't get too full but get to taste the new things. I don't want to gain the weight I've struggled to off in anticipating this day. I have my fit bit charged so maybe walking will counter some of the food intake.  I love the Grandstand where you see all the booths with things to buy. Olives and Garlic pillows(My Pillow guy is there. I need a cover for my travel pillow that I forgot) So many things have not returned. The cost and there was a time, people couldn't afford to go to the fair AND shop. The economy is better now so I'm hoping there will be new booths of things to look at. I brought just a small carry-on. If I buy too much I can bring home one of my daughter's suitcases full of stuff  Do you attend your State Fair? What are your favorite foods and things to do? Do you have any traditional foods/booths/rides you do when you go? |
I sent the manuscript to the client last night. I had to do a major rewrite on Monday night. Her ending read like the rest of the book whining about her guilt and her love for her dead husband. I wrote the ending so the moment they finally admitted their feelings, then gave a little more conflict and a moment when he fell off the ladder and was sent to the hospital and she tells him she loves him forever. (Trope) This was quite an undertaking for me. There was so much wrong POV inserted, storylines of non essential characters she just wanted in this story. I'd tell her over and over write their story in a different book. "I just want to show the change he made after meeting the girl." Fine but it isn't part of the Main Character's story. This is a romance between two people. She is writing this based on real people. She doesn't understand her characters. As a reader I asked questions she couldn't answer. The reader is going to ask the same questions. If there isn't an answer in the book they are going to disappointed and throw the book out. I don't know what she'd going to think of my ending. It is what it is. After all this is her story. What she leaves in or takes out is her business. If I read it and it reads bad, I don't want my name on it. I may have enhanced some of the story line but ultimately it's her story. Next month I start working on the next biography rewrite. It's going to be harder. How can to you tell someone that in this day and age the word "abuse" has a very physical connotation. She had very little of it in her marriage. It was more emotional and non verbal abuse. She's intimated all these years it as "horrible abuse." For her, yes, when people read it, they are going to be less that sympathetic. UNLESS I can SHOW her feelings in all this. I told her if she and I don't cry when reading this neither will the reader. I guess my challenge is making this story about her life emotional and interesting. MY Blog: www.christinamweaver.wordpress.com Follow my journey writing a crime story 35 years in the making  MY Blog: www.christinamweaver.wordpress.com Follow my journey writing a crime story 35 years in the making |
In my last post mentioned the manuscript I was asked to edit. I went through most of the middle of her book to the end and pointed out the POV issues. When we sat and went over all the problems I sent her a chapter by chapter layout of what her book might look like. She looked at my suggestions then adjusted to fit her vision. She let go of a lot of the story points she told me she wanted to keep. She insisted I do her rewrite and she's paid me to do them. I started the 2nd rewrite and this was my first go on chapter 1-5. It took me three hours to read, edit and write those first two chapters. She is still wanting me to continue to write. It's like writing a novel all over. I haven't had time to work on the second lady's novel yet. I have to work at my regular job then go home and sit at a computer again writing. Some days I just don't want to sit there. I need to set up time to rewrite and time to have for myself. The fact she wants this done at the end of the month is a lot of pressure to write. Now she isn't putting the hammer down, but is strongly suggesting that she'd like it done. I don't think she realizes that even when I'm done with it, she's going to have go through it and edit it for grammar. There is also the fact she might want some of it changed. I already had to add a portion to the beginning because it just wasn't working. Enough complaining for now. I need to get back to writing. |
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She is a great woman and so kind to me.