I’ve
now completed another edit of Potatoes in Spring. I was generally looking
to see that there was enough tension and that the story rattled along at an acceptable
pace. Generally, I think it did. I’m
actually going to put one extra scene in about two thirds of the way through
and that is it.
I
also noticed, however, that two of significant minor characters seemed indistinct,
even to me. I went through the whole text and found that I had made them
different, except in one scene when I’d confused the two of them. I have to
admit I tend to think of them as pair – B & C. One of the main characters
has a group of friends. A is the gang
leader and tends to boss people about. B & C are two other girls in the circle
of friends. D is C’s brother and I
suspect a romantic connection between him and A after my particular story has
finished.
Now
that I have corrected the misleading scene, I have a much clearer idea of the
two girls. B is leaning towards feminism
and tends to offer slightly shocking opinions. C is very caring and a little old
fashioned. Now that I understand their personalities better I have a much
clearer picture of how they look. B has strong straight blond hair and a roundish
face. She will have to make efforts to curl or wave her hair. C has naturally
curly dark hair. I see A as also having dark hair but not as curly as D’s. I
don’t mention this explicitly anywhere in the book. It will be interesting to
see whether my readers pick up the same images.
Perhaps
I’d ignored these medium strength characters somewhat. Hopefully my further
examination of them and the corrections to that one scene will create a clearer
picture for the reader.
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