Ep. 335 First Draft is the Last?

Bookbinding Not truly amazing, but nothing this week. I got involved in a gardening project and tuckered myself out. Hopefully, more to come next week. Fiction I finished the first draft of The Lonely Izakaya Down a Quiet Street. But immediately found or thought of some changes that need to be made. Please remember that there are 12 chapters for each month of the year. • First change: A character is introduced in February but doesn’t show up again until November. I want to make him a little more memorable in February so readers will remember him in November. Also, he owns an izakaya and writes manga. His manga hasn’t been published yet, but the two main characters think it is really good. The name of his manga is The Lonely Izakaya Down a Quiet Street. Yes, it’s basically his izakaya. • Second change: Add a bit more loneliness to the two main characters. Tokyo can be very lonely. Also, the main female character wants to quit her job, which she doesn’t like, move back to her hometown in Fukushima, and open her own design shop. That is going to be a major rewrite. • Two more changes. ❶ Set up a disease one character gets. Right now it is just sprung on the reader. I’d like it to build gradually. ❷ Humanize a jerk; one character dates someone because he’s handsome and rich but discovers he’s a jerk. So far, in the first draft, the jerk is just a jerk. I plan to make him a little bit more human. Still a jerk, but more human.  I want to finish this novel soon; at least finish draft 2. And make a cover for it.  Talkies Please check out the videos already up on my YouTube channel for your viewing pleasure. While there is nothing new this week, you can still enjoy watching your videos.