Now that I'm done, and rereading, I see so many changes I wish I'd made. I am concerned, deeply, about the clarity of what happens in the climactic gunfight, and, further, about the...er...opacity of the very ending bit.
I know I can make these changes, in time, but the judges won't see them.
I think the writing is strong, and the story engaging. I just don't know if it hangs together.
I tried something, I think, more ambitious than is usually tried by people.
I have no idea if the judges will care.
Oh, well. Winning is not that important to me. I met a challenge I didn't think I would necessarily meet. That's a take away.
And, I don't think there's anything wrong with this piece that I can't fix with some effort.
I wish I were as confident in the novel that took me six months to write. That one has third act problems I haven't licked yet.
More tomorrow.
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