I had to do a lot of rewriting this week before I was satisfied with my new novel (I’m amost finished it). As I read what I had written, I began to feel really dissatisfied with a couple of my characters. They just didn’t come across as real people. They seemed two dimensional, not fully drawn out, and I was shocked. Really shocked. I mean I created these characters and I know these characters so well. What had happened?

So, I was back to rereading and rewriting previous chapters, adding a sentence here, another paragraph there, more dialogue in places, so that my characters could come alive and be real people.

Now the weekend is over (almost!) and the rewriting is over (for the moment!), and I’m ready for a new week and on to a new chapter. And my characters? Yes, I feel much better about them. They are rounding out nicely into full blooded people.

Phew! Who said writing was easy?