Robynettely

First Draft Even this section took a hit this month, because I decided Selkies needed a middle section, and wrote one that was 16 pages long.  “This is the Church, and This is the Steeple”. Short story, probably benefitted from the Selkie story break because now I can see the end.    Editing “Selkie Girls are Easy.” I don’t know how I thought the first draft of this one wasn’t “that bad” because oh my god it was a mess. There was a missing sequence near the beginning. I wrote it as page-a-day for a few days. That whole thing about how writing is revision, and without some words on the page you have nothing to work with, I guess that’s true. I wish I could write better first drafts, but maybe I have to accept that this is just how I work. Probably the most radical draft 2 change I’ve ever done. The story grew by something like 4000 words, even though I deleted tons.   Connecting I tweeted like once. I commented nowhere. Rather than con...