Heading down to Plymouth to meet with my other writing group this morning. And It’s a beautiful spring day for the drive… for a change! I always jump off Route 495 and take the back roads when I get near the southern end of Plymouth… delightful scenery as I maneuver past cranberry bogs.
There are only three in this group, but boy, do we accomplish some serious editing in two hours! We have settled into a system of concentrating on just one submission in each session. Progressing page by page, even paragraph by paragraph, we offer not only critique, but specific suggestions to clarify the story, from changing a word to transplanting information into future chapters to converting a narrative passage into dialogue.
Each time, as I walk back to my car, my head is usually spinning with ideas, and I can’t wait to get back to my computer and begin the revision.
Thanks to Pam and Shirley for making this group so delightful and valuable to a first-time novelist!
Debi Graham-Leard 
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