{"id":458,"date":"2010-08-23T15:20:56","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T19:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=458"},"modified":"2021-03-19T11:01:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T15:01:35","slug":"writing-the-second-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=458","title":{"rendered":"Writing the Second Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Somebody said that writing the second novel is harder than the first.<\/p>\n

Oh, wait, it was Daniel J. Hogan<\/a>.  And he said it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I definitely get where he’s coming from.  I have been far more attentive to The Glass Crown’s shortcomings, as I write them, than I was to those in The Remembrance.  I know that once I finish, there will be rewriting and editing galore to make the story flow coherently, and to fill in gaps and inconsistencies.<\/p>\n

The Remembrance seemed to flow out of me, once I really got going.  I feel like I’m prying out the Glass Crown with a crowbar, word by word.  For The Remembrance, getting the stuff in my head onto paper was my primary focus.  For The Glass Crown, I want to get the stuff out of my head, and put it onto paper WELL.  That’s a whole different class of intimidating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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