Entering the Fields – Pam Baddeley, Writer

Green Fields by Larisa Koshkina

It’s been a toil, but I sat down today and made a push. After a lot of thought, I decided the best thing to do was edit chapter 2 where my protagonist is travelling to the city. I realised I had to create much more of an impression of the journey than I had in the first draft, rather than fast-tracking her to the bit where she’s climbing up the pass and then sees and approaches the city.

So that’s what I’ve done and it’s now helped me to, I hope, give a much better picture to the reader later on when my character is travelling around the country, of the context of what she is encountering, and will generally make more sense.

In the course of this, the stuff about farming, crops, the amount of rainfall in various areas, is being worked in naturally, which is how I wanted it. So it’s all good.

Speaking of which, here are those nice people from ROW80 for another check-in (thanks for the encouragement ROW80 participants!):

Comments

Entering the Fields — 6 Comments

mrschmoe on 23 March 2014 at 18:50 said:

Thanks for stopping by. I decided to return a favour and leave my mark. Best of Luck with your next round of ROW80 and the possible Camp NaNoWriMo.
Raelyn Barclay on 23 March 2014 at 23:46 said:

Great job figuring out what was wrong with the chapter and moving forward. May the rest of the Round be fantastic.
Gloria Weber on 24 March 2014 at 17:14 said:

I do try to get a bit done before I write, but, like you did here, sometimes I need it to grow organically as I work. I’m still figuring out what is before and what is during work. But, that’s part of the writer journey! 🙂 Hope things keep going well for you.
Kathy Pulver on 25 March 2014 at 08:19 said:

Yay! Congratulations on making the push! Glad to hear that the links were useful!
alberta ross on 25 March 2014 at 11:50 said:

well done on the push – it’s so good when the research filters in organicaly isn’t it? all the best:)
Beth Camp on 26 March 2014 at 02:22 said:

Sometimes in the excitement of telling the story, we jump ahead of ourselves. Nice reminder here to slow down and listen to the characters, experience what the story is telling from their point of view. Thank you. May the push continue!!!!