I tend to write three drafts of a story before I submit it to my Awesome Editor.
During the first draft, I scramble to write down all the broad components, the action, the key dialogue, the huge shifts in the characters’ thinking. There is sh*t in the first draft I won’t need in the final draft. There is sh*t that is missing. But the core story is there.
In the second draft, I add the details, smooth out the transitions, infuse the story with emotion.
Because the emotion is in the details. That is what makes the story live and breathe. The details allow us to fully picture the scene, to immerse ourselves in the story.
I think of it like this photo taken in Martinique. The first draft, the core story, is the pathway. But the aspect that makes it live for us is the mosaic trim, the colors, those details.
Don’t forget to add some details to your story!
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Raw Desires
(This description is VERY much unedited. My Awesome Editor, if she saw I was sharing it with you, would probably have an emotional meltdown.)
His human female is attempting to kill him.
This cyborg finds that adorable.
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Raw, a K model cyborg, is one of the lucky warriors to have located his genetic match. He hears his human female’s voice over the communication lines and immediately processes she is his.
Winning her affections will be a greater challenge. Battle has always been Raw’s focus. The rough and tough warrior has no idea how to engage anyone’s tender emotions.
Fortunately, he isn’t alone in the universe. His unmatched male friends help him craft a plan.
All Raw has to do is relay a few unsettlingly sweet words to his female and give her the thoroughly unfunctional wall decoration he has obtained. He projects she will then jump into his big, strong arms and beg him to claim her.
Taytu isn’t jumping anywhere. She has one mission—kill every cyborg in existence.
The huge, handsome male traveling to meet with her is her first target. His rough hands, firm lips and sparkling, energy-infused eyes won’t save him from her vengeance. She has trained vigorously for this moment and she won’t fail at her assigned task.
The cyborg will die.
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Raw Desires is an enemies-to-lovers Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
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