best friend Archive

Today, I continued my scene with my hero and best friend getting to know one another. They finally exchanged names, which will make my writing job easier from here on out! I also steered them from their conversation into the …

So, last time, I wrote that I had resisted the temptation to write the action scene showing my hero and best friend’s escape. I’m trying to cover it now, in summary, at the start of the next scene, with just …

As much of a struggle as it was last time to clean up the half-rewritten scene I’d left myself, upon further reflection, I realized that it all had to go. I had let it get away from me and my …

I think I’ve tried to stuff too much into my First Plot Point scene, between the hero learning of the threat against her, to a fight between her protectors – the guide and best friend. The latter threatened to derail …

Today, I wrapped up the scene where my hero gets into a mysterious carriage that her best friend promises will take her safety and then jumped to the start of the scene where they arrive at that “safety.” In the …

Back to writing the novel today and I’m still working on that replacement scene. I’m nearly to the end of it, I think, and need to figure out how to close out the action without being tempted to show every …

Or, at least, trying. My hero and her best friend are trying to escape discovery after nearly being spotted by a group of soldiers that they didn’t recognize. On their way out of the castle remains, they also need to …