What do you call it when you change your entire completed book from third person POV to first person POV? Besides pure craziness, I mean.
Because that's what I've been doing. I changed my book from third person to first person, which was totally crazy, and a lot of freaking work! My MC wasn't in every scene, so I had to write her into the two chapters she didn't appear, which seemed to be the easiest way.
Why did I do this crazy thing?
Because I experimented with taking part of my book and writing a short story in first person point of view and liked it better. And my critique partners agreed.
And because I don't know what the heck I'm doing! I certainly didn't choose the easy path, either. Me, a total newbie, started with a novel as my first project. No short stories, essays or articles for me! Nope! A full-on novel. Pure Craziness!
I never have done things the easy way. *Big Sigh*.
I just hope that all the "How To" books I've read, studied and outlined will be enough. I have also learned a lot from the blogging/writing community, too. Thank you all very much!
So now I keep reminding myself that learning to write well is a process, that I'm learning a craft, and it takes time, just like any other craft.
However,
I'm running out of time! I need to finish my editing/rewriting/fixing/making-sense-of-what-I'm-doing because I've signed up for my first writer's conference! I'm am really excited! I will have the chance to pitch my book to a editor/publisher/agent - I think I will have eight minutes. Yikes!
It's not until April, but I have a lot of work to do and I know how time flies!
Are any of you bloggers going to the Pikes Peak Writer's Conference in Colorado Springs? I'd love to meet you!
So - what I really need is advice. Things like, should I have business cards made up and how many copies of my MS should I take?
Like I said, I'm a total newbie, and I'd love to hear from all of you who are more experienced than I am!
