If you are having problems rewriting, do a reverse outline for each chapter. Do all the scenes have to do with the main plot and a couple minor plots in the book? Do all the characters move the story along or are some bogging it down? If any characters do nothing to advance the story, then it’s time to kill them off. I know, killing your creations hurt like hell, but sometimes you have no choice in the matter.. The same goes for any subplots. IF the subplot has nothing to do with the main plot, get rid of it.
Once you have skinned your book down to solid bare bones, then comes to time to rebuild. The scenes and characters you have left behind need to be solidly connected and fleshed out. Yes, it is going to take time, but now you have two things in your favor.
- You…
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Author Don Massenzio 