Exposition

I had my tutorial this week, which covered the next 12,000 or so words. These were written from another characters pov and therefore totally separate to the diary entries previously submitted. It was a first draft and for me was about getting the skeleton of the story down, with the next stage being to add the narrative; a little like completing a preliminary sketch prior to a painting. Unsurprisingly, the main issue that my tutor raised was that of the need for less exposition. I was comforted by the fact that this is mainly structural (because the focus was on the action) and that it is something that can be remedied. I have also decided that now I am past the minimum word count for my dissertation, I will stop and concentrate on quality rather than quantity. I am in a very good place now as I can spend time working with the material that I have and stop worrying about word counts! Am really enjoying it.