Editing is going as torturously as usual but another blinding realisation came today courtesy of Intuitive Editing by Tiffany Yates Martin
My main character has a lovely arc. She came to the challenge point, and passed the test, but didn't have a true moment of clarity about *why* it mattered and *what* she had learned. *I* knew her journey, but I didn't effectively communicate it to the reader.
I'm only at the early stages of Intuitive Editing (macro editing, character) in which Martin discusses how no-one is interested in a story where the main character waits for the world to happen around them. As I read that, my MFC moment of choice crystallised in my mind. So tomorrow's editing will be around a single scene, adding (I think) two paragraphs, and it will be huge.
People, be open to all advice, including the ones you've heard before. Even if the advice isn't directly applicable as it's given, it will get your inner editor working on the big stuff.
