I just finished editing another chapter – making the language crisp and using more specific verbs. I have cut out a lot of unnecessary material, and am just editing until I figure out how to present my ending without sounding too preachy – I’m taking a memoir workshop in March and want my first fifty pages whipped in shape. I’m almost half-way there.

Re the ending, I tried writing my first contact with the pastor who helped me pull my life together. At the Bible study he teaches, he always goes behind a moving screen to turn on the sound system. I wrote that in my story and people in my writing class said, “Pay no attention to the man behind the screen.” Sigh – how easy it is to mess up with words.

Have a blessed day.
Heather