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\"Trees,<\/a>Let\u2019s welcome back monthly columnist Nevada McPherson<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cTrees, Forests, and A Bird\u2019s Eye View.\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Fall is upon us and with it comes endings and beginnings.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

For me, it\u2019s the end of the summer and the rough draft phase in the development of my novel. It\u2019s also the beginning of rewrites, revisions, and serious editing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During the late spring lockdown and summer<\/strong>, while many were deep cleaning and decluttering their homes and setting up neat and efficient home offices, I put off decluttering chores to write willy-nilly on a project that I began developing last fall during NaNoWriMo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I thought I\u2019d finish it by the end of November, or at least the end of December, and as I\u2019ve written <\/span>here before<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> I\u2019ve only lately completed a very rough draft.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are a couple of gaps to fill in more fully and some loose threads left to weave together and tighten. Before I do those things though, I\u2019m looking at issues of structure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Breaking this Project Down into Parts<\/span><\/h2>\n

While structuring an effective story can at times be difficult, I\u2019m finding relief in breaking this project down into parts, each with its own function and purpose.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Like the old saying goes<\/strong>, sometimes you can\u2019t see the forest for the trees.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been wandering in the forest, following everything that looks like a trail to see where it might lead, exploring aspects of my story and my characters that will never see the light of day; it was worthwhile nonetheless because it gave me insight into character, motivation, and theme.<\/span><\/p>\n

Order from Chaos\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Now I need to impose some type of order onto all this chaos that is the culmination of an idea I had twenty years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The other night I sat on the floor<\/strong>, separating my pages (of which there are many) into sections containing the beats of my story.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I color-coded scenes from the point-of-view of each major character and broke the story further into parts, trying to weave in that storyline that I left until the end and am still working out to some degree — with new ideas arriving daily that keep me making notes and envisioning the final touches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve done some research already,<\/strong> but then I just started writing (because I know all about getting stuck in research mode).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bird\u2019s Eye View<\/span><\/h2>\n

Now that I\u2019ve gone through the entire rough draft and made notes of just what I need, I\u2019ll tackle the last phase of research with surgical precision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The wandering in the woods phase is over and now I\u2019m getting more of a bird\u2019s view of the forest, which is nice!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Happy writing!<\/span><\/p>\n

***<\/span><\/p>\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n

\"Nevada<\/a>Originally from Georgia, Nevada McPherson<\/a> lived in uptown New Orleans for many years and now lives with her husband Bill and rescue Chihuahua, Mitzi in Milledgeville, GA where she is a professor of Humanities at Georgia Military College. Nevada received a BA in English\/ Creative Writing and an MFA in Screenwriting from Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge. She\u2019s written over a dozen feature-length screenplays, one short screenplay, a short play, short stories and two graphic novels, Uptowners <\/em><\/a>and Piano Lessons<\/em><\/a>. Queensgate<\/em><\/a>, the sequel to Uptowners<\/em>, is her third graphic novel. For more information, visit www.nevada-mcpherson.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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