How tough can it be to write a few pages? Easy peasy. In fact, I’ve already written it once: Chapter 8 of Timber beast. Two words describe it: preachy surplusage.
Elmore Leonard says “[t]ry to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.”
So, as I turn Timber Beast into The God of Trees, I’m looking at each chapter, each page, each passage, and asking myself: • what is the point of this scene? • how does it advance the plot? • does it have a goal? • is there conflict on every page?
Don’t mind me, [...]
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