Taking a whole story and switching the genre around while still maintaining the heart of the story? Sounds nearly impossible. My fellow writer's at our critique group have challenged me to reconfigure my manuscript and I am just crazy enough to rise to the challenge. Oh, and did I mention that I have two weeks to do it? YIKES !!
After stocking up on energy drinks, charging my laptop, and meditated for an hour to clear my mind (okay, I'm exhageratting just a tad. Who has an hour to sit and relax?) I am now ready to tear my writing apart one more time. This will not be an easy fix that the wonderful "find and replace" button on the computer will do for me within minutes. Each chapter will need to be scanned for specific details that I can alter in a way that will flow with the story.
My friend Lisa and I have put our overloaded brains together and have come up with a few ideas on ways to pull this off. I dabbled with it a little last night and so far I am on a roll. Whether or not things flow by the time I get to the middle of the book this weekend will be another story entirely. This is like taking a western story and turning it into a sci-fi novel. So lasso up the cattle...I've got a spaceship to catch.
After stocking up on energy drinks, charging my laptop, and meditated for an hour to clear my mind (okay, I'm exhageratting just a tad. Who has an hour to sit and relax?) I am now ready to tear my writing apart one more time. This will not be an easy fix that the wonderful "find and replace" button on the computer will do for me within minutes. Each chapter will need to be scanned for specific details that I can alter in a way that will flow with the story.
My friend Lisa and I have put our overloaded brains together and have come up with a few ideas on ways to pull this off. I dabbled with it a little last night and so far I am on a roll. Whether or not things flow by the time I get to the middle of the book this weekend will be another story entirely. This is like taking a western story and turning it into a sci-fi novel. So lasso up the cattle...I've got a spaceship to catch.
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