I’ve just finished the first round of editing for There’s A Witchdoctor In My Grandmother’s Bathroom (which will definitely be renamed).
My editor said “I think you should get rid of Miri.” (She’s a minor character in the story.) Since my first response was, “Who’s Miri?”, I decided I couldn’t argue with the idea. (Yeah, that was a bad moment. In my own defence, I hadn’t read the manuscript for a while).
So I cut her out. Deleted her. It was strange and sad and absurdly powerful. It was also easy, so I guess she really didn’t need to be there.
Another weird writing moment.
Maureen