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I will rewrite this bad boy. I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.
I had to take a deep breath, and by the advice of good friends, I realize that I just need to take it chunk by chunk. Easier said than done, but I have to do it. I really love this story and I want it to be told, even if no one reads it but my family. :-D
So, FORWARD MARCH my people!
That’s how many words I’ve rewritten.
Daunting.
But I already see the benefits. No less than one week ago I was saying I liked where my story began; yet when I started rewriting I jumped ahead just a smidgen, and it’s already stronger (in my own opinion, of course).
I’m a little overwhelmed right now, but encouraged – if that makes sense.
Anyway, I haven’t fallen off the face of the planet, just in balancing mode again!
Go ahead and rip it apart! I’m finding that nailing a summary has really helped me with plot focus, so thats why I’m even tweaking it right now.
The Devil’s Utopia
There are three things that seventeen-year-old Adelaide has accepted as fact:
Her existence is a genetic mistake.
Her purpose in life is to serve the Cherished.
She will never know love.
Adelaide never questions these truths until the day an outsider finds his way to her remote village. Charged with his care, she finds herself entranced and begins believing Cam’s stories about life outside of Himmelreich. His theory about the village leader Erich’s background is one of the most frightening, yet encouraging of them all.
The two begin to plot a way of escape, but staying stealth won’t be easy, especially once Felix, Erich’s son and Adelaide’s one true friend among the Cherished, discovers their plans. Trying to dismiss the beliefs that have defined her life for the past seventeen years won’t be easy either.
