Need to do More Writing

I've been working on my third book to get it ready for uploading as an e book. Then the book came to a halt when one of my readers told me, "She knew who the murderer was by the third chapter."

I thought, "That's not good.  Some readers would stop reading at that point".  So I put the book aside while I thought about it.

My reader said she, "continued to read because she wanted to know how the murderer was caught."

I wondered how many readers out there would do that and I figured not many.

A few days passed and I read through the story again.  It was like a light bulb turned on.

I could fix the story by letting the reader and Charlie know who the murderer was, but not let the main characters know who the murderer was.

I mean really who listens to a loud mouth parrot?  Not many people I am sure.

So now I am having to rewrite parts of it and add more to my story.  I think it will turn out to be a better story then I had orginally wrote or at least I hope so.

I am hoping with this book my readers will know and love my characters.  Care about what is happening in their lives and hungry to want to know more.

Piece by piece I am building the characters.  Letting the reader know how they are feeling, how they interpret certain things and know the hang ups my character has that sometimes derail us in real life.

You know those speed bump kind of things.

Have you ever had this kind of thing happen to you?  Did you go back and fix the problem?

See you around the block.

Some blogs you may have missed:

Liana Brooks has a funny tale today about being locked out of the house and how a woman can be creative in getting help. 

Lynn Viehl  is keeping Barnes & Noble busy.  Wow!  Look at all the books she bought.  All I can say a reader is in hog heaven.

The Bloggess is always a hoot to read.  So if you need a laugh, read this blog.

Lucy Burdette blog is about how important the characters are in our stories.  The help our readers to remember the story.