I just rebooted Blessing again. The angle that I thought was working, wasn’t.
This time, rather than changing one or two things, I’m changing almost everything. New “Green” angle, new character motivations for my protagonist — the works.
The good news is that I’ll have a lot of cut scenes to add to the site from the aborted stories when I’m done :p
Hoping this one will work out as I want it to. I’m really coming down to the wire here, even with the opportunity of a week’s vacation coming up that covers the final week of the submission period.
Just typed up a quick outline for the opening, and I’m musing my way deeper into the story now, letting the characters talk to me.