Your Story Reads Like Stepping on One Piece of Cat Litter in Bare Feet

…I can’t see it, but something isn’t right

Every morning my cat and I play a stupid game. I clean the cat box and as soon as I’ve got everything swept and put-away, he uses it. His name is Michael Scott if that says anything about his behavior and brainpower.

Part of the process involves me finding the lone pieces of litter that end of rolling along the kitchen floor.

When you step on a piece of cat little with bare feet, you can feel it immediately. Although almost impossible to find, you know it’s there. Like, now. There’s no denying it. Something’s amiss underfoot.

This reminded me of your story.

You ever finish a piece of writing you though went somewhere, like you had a really good point, but you finished and something was wrong?

Or you read someone else’s work. The story pulled you in, but there was something wrong. As if the problem was in the air. You couldn’t stick a needle in it, but like the cat litter, you felt it.

There a few pre-flight checks you can perform before you send your latest baby out into the world to get a job and her own apartment.

While we might not be sure exactly what’s wrong, we can make things more right in the process.

Here are a handful of things I like to do when I re-write something I’ve written. Not everything will apply to all pieces of writing, but if you make the good stuff better, and ensure you story sticks to your frame, you’ll sweep the cat litter bits in the process.

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