It’s why I prefer least interference. They are there to protect you from other governments, and prevent us from trampling each other. Long abandoned.
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Congrats!
I was thinking the second option? I’ve already did it in my first draft with character A. In my second draft, I’ve also made it clearer that although character C is not involved in A & B’s romance, he is involved in story things that affect both A & B, mostly B. I’m trying to add in some more foreshadowing for this draft so it’s not confusing (there 4 mob families to track, 2 are the main, 2 are mentioned/related) and so it’s not a surprise when character C is part of the climax scene. 
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I had a hard time with this in my first draft. I think it’s because as an author, I was still getting to know my characters and story too so I had to explain a lot of things that I figured the reader might not get? Lots of lore/background info, dynamics between people etc. But once I finished with the first draft, now that I know what pretty much happens in the story, it’s easier for me to write my second draft where I’m “showing” those things more than trying to tell the reader everything. Conversations, behaviors, phone calls, and other hints so the reader can slowly put it together themselves without me needing to give them everything about the characters up front.
Why does a party reveal too much about your MC?
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I think that’s a valid way to write too though. I’ve written things that didn’t feel right, and then I went back, removed them or changed the POV or whatever until it felt write. Sometimes writing isn’t about adding/editing what’s there, but stripping away so it’s as close as possible to what it’s meant to be? A lot of times it’s about discovery. Like you wouldn’t have discovered what ways were the “wrong” ways for this story you’re writing if you never wrote those drafts in the first place. So it’s still bringing you closer to what the final version/method will be.
I write code for a living. I’ve done this before too. Either I’ve worked with what’s there, or had to write something completely new. Sometimes I’ve built something a certain way, put a significant amount of time into it that took hours, only to realize, wait, it should be like this! Undo everything I did and instead build the thing better than it was in a fourth of the time? I’m bad at analogies, but I hope that helps lol 
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Just covered this in a religious forum. Some of the childishness is because people are learning to own what they like, even if they are too old. The problem isn’t in the owning, it’s in the fetishism of it.
The problem is we aren’t well wired to be consistent with our ideology. Once we do our “good deed” we reward it with bad behavior. So, if we think “our feminist views” are a moral imperative, we go and “stand up for our femisit views” and then turn around and indulge in some toxicity because we did our good deed. It’s one of the many reasons I hate labeles. It supercedes being just.
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Specifics area always harder it generalized things. It could also help if C has a Convo with A or B about “when I went through this very thing…” Like an old grandpa.
I’m in the same boat. I’m not a developer but I write code too. I’ve inherited a library of functions created by others and find that I prefer to write it from scratch by myself. So I guess rewriting things is my natural process no matter what I’m writing.
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Ugh it’s tough this week.
I’m in constant pain at the moment with my chronic illness, and my doctor’s put me on Class C (basically illegal to have if not prescribed by a doctor and checked through like 5 different avenues.) drugs. I took my first one last night and it’s completely spaced me out. Like, I thought the TV was moving this morning. I was on a tiny legal high and it took the pain away for 5 minutes 
But it means it’s a struggle to write.
I’m so hyped to start editing for next wattys season already (I like to start the season early so in cases like this years with earlier submission date I’m done!) with the first draft I finished late last month but I can’t right now with the pain. Plus my brain has decided it wants me to write 2 books at the same time? does it not learn
Eh, maybe I’ll wait to edit after NaNoWriMo this year. I don’t have much to do I think. Just one first draft to edit, maybe a couple of third drafts? I haven’t really got my act together and planned yet.
It’ll go, I’ll get it done. sigh
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Definately a “take to sleep” or “can’t take this anymore” drug.
I actually use booze as a muscle relaxer, or for a toothache. Still not a good choice when you have to chase kids, so that wait for the spouse to be in, and is rare.
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Damn, that sounds horrible!
And yeah, I am also starting on Watty 2023 today. It makes it easier to ignore the results.
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And, it’s 10:45 am, I am done with finishing watching FS and picking cherries. Now I can set up the laptop and start working on task 1, editing.
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Is meeting that heiress at the party the beginning of the actual story? If yes, start your story there and edit out too much background later. If it’s not the beginning, either step back a few beats or move forward a few beats.
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Exactly! Haha it’s what I did last year just ignored it’s existence and prepped for this year. Made the wait bearable xD
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But does it matter to the story you are telling?
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Yeah, I unsubbed and it’s no longer exists. 
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Showed a couple of passages of my new novel l to my bf today. He said that he could see that I have agonised over every word and told me to write something more “natural” to me that’s not so perfect. But what if it’s my nature to agonise over my work in the pursuit of perfection? As much as I hate it, isn’t creative mastery achieved through the struggle for perfection? I was not happy. So I punished him by dragging him to a bookshop and making him buy books for me.
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So, where does the story start?
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Alright, I have a new story concept:
Famous ASFC player, Jimmy Nogueira may be brilliant on the pitch, but off it, he’s a pretty sloppy parent to his adoptive son, Caleb, whom he can’t control. After Caleb’s behavior spirals out of control, he threatens to send him away to a military boarding school. After his ultimatum, Caleb has three months to get his grades up and convince Jimmy that he shouldn’t go.
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I like that train of thought I might do the same XD
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