Speed Bumps

My rewrite is coming along...slowly. But, after hitting a speed bump last week and searching in vain for a solution, I finally had a breakthrough with a troublesome scene. It still needs some tweaking, but I think it's got more power than even I anticipated going into it.

I've got two weeks to finish up Act I for my class. I've got about 10 pages to go, but technically less because a few of the scenes I salvaged from my prior draft will be in there. They just need some modification to mesh with the new storyline.

Then the real pressure kicks in. I'll have five weeks to come up with 30 more pages and I'm not entirely sure yet how I want to fill them. I've got ideas, but nothing that has hit my outline as a definite, yet.

It seems like we've got a pretty good group in class this time around. More people participating. Still a few that seem to be there in name only. Some appeared on the message board in the first week that haven't been seen since. Some that appeared on the message board, but haven't left feedback for others and some that showed up for an impromptu chat last week that haven't been active on the message board nor have they left feedback yet. Those who follow the message board discussions, chat and leave feedback for everyone - THEY are the people who make the class worthwhile. Unfortunately, not everyone in the class feels it's as important as others. Still, this is still a more active group than last. It'll be even better when Paola returns with her unique voice.

Meanwhile, I've got all of my week two checklist done for the class and have a lot of writing to do, so hopefully Monday and Tuesday will be fruitful. I made decent progress (for me) on Friday. We'll see what happens this week. The clock is ticking.