Aaron Carnes

The Music in my novel

I want to focus on the tunes

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Aaron Carnes
Nov 12, 2025
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I’ve been working hard on the 2nd draft of my novel and I’m already 10,000 words into this 2nd draft. I’m aiming for the the first draft, which I’m close to finishing. The 1st act is basically the set up. You establish what you’re character’s normal is and then you introduce the thing that changes their normal, which leads to the MAIN bulk of the book.

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