Mar
11
Writing Retreats and Alternative Math
I have a story problem for you: a writer leaves home for a four-day writing retreat in northern Wisconsin with three chapters of her book left to write. When she returns to Minnesota, she has five remaining chapters. How is this possible?
Did I mention that the writer majored in journalism in college, and not math?
Story problems are not my thing, but stories are. The answer is that I decided two weeks ago to add two more chapters to the book I am writing about my great-grandfather and his musical legacy. There was still too much to cover in the framework I had established, so I added one more history chapter and one more memoir chapter to Part III of the book (essentially turning two chapters into four). This means that the book now ends with Chapter 27 instead of 25.
Did I mention that the writer majored in journalism in college, and not math?
Story problems are not my thing, but stories are. The answer is that I decided two weeks ago to add two more chapters to the book I am writing about my great-grandfather and his musical legacy. There was still too much to cover in the framework I had established, so I added one more history chapter and one more memoir chapter to Part III of the book (essentially turning two chapters into four). This means that the book now ends with Chapter 27 instead of 25.
