Something that's new to me in writing Bea Wolf is that the book runs on a long plan I outlined ages ago, and now I'm filling in the pieces stanza by stanza. And often it feels like the stanzas, even if well written, have no emotional oomph. But you just have to trust that if the oomph was in the outline, it'll appear for the reader even if you don't feel it right now. Sort of like making a mosaic and having trouble seeing the design when you're putting in a tiny piece.
