But it's a coming of age story coupled with "wtf are we doing here" type stuff and it takes everyone a while to find their feet. And then they might stumble around a bit after that, too. They're kids/young adults in a really screwed up situation who have clearly bitten off more than they can chew...
This is the basic plot of a lot of dystopian novels. The kids always bite off more than they can chew. Sometimes in ridiculous portions that seem absolutely asinine when you really think about them but I'm usually able to look past it for the adventure and romance part of the book.
I'm looking forward to more chapters and seeing what happens next. I'm totally not getting any reading in my book done today. I took 2 1/2 hours to do lice treatments (on 2 of the girls) and then I finally ate around 4pm (first time today) and then I decided I deserved some fun of editing. I can't believe I just said editing is fun. I am so weird sometimes.
Ooooh, timelines... those are usually helpful. Definitely need to work on mine. I think the first half of the book takes place in 2 weeks then the rest over the next 2 months which is stupid for pacing. I'm going to need to fix that, too. (I should probably be taking notes for myself.)
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Re: flow and pace
Date: 2013-03-14 12:14 am (UTC)This is the basic plot of a lot of dystopian novels. The kids always bite off more than they can chew. Sometimes in ridiculous portions that seem absolutely asinine when you really think about them but I'm usually able to look past it for the adventure and romance part of the book.
I'm looking forward to more chapters and seeing what happens next.
I'm totally not getting any reading in my book done today. I took 2 1/2 hours to do lice treatments (on 2 of the girls) and then I finally ate around 4pm (first time today) and then I decided I deserved some fun of editing. I can't believe I just said editing is fun. I am so weird sometimes.
Ooooh, timelines... those are usually helpful. Definitely need to work on mine. I think the first half of the book takes place in 2 weeks then the rest over the next 2 months which is stupid for pacing. I'm going to need to fix that, too. (I should probably be taking notes for myself.)