Video of a Novel: Day 79

What I did to discover the motive of my antagonist...

Today I'm talking about the difficulty of finding time to write at the end of the school year, with all of the kids' activities. There's a different speed to these days, and it's not always conducive to writing.

But I'm also sharing about how a particular approach to writing helped me break through and discover the true motive of my antagonist...yes, 50,000 words in, I've finally discovered it. The approach I used is an exercise we often recommend to our students for when they're stuck or trying to learn more about their characters. For more, check out the video below...