Chapter 6Ben
Working with Lake was easy and comfortable. We had fun, too.
While he wrote new words, I edited the old ones to fit his slightly different writing style, so the difference wouldn’t be obvious to anyone. We wanted to keep the whole book coherent, and we had narrowed down what we thought would happen in the story in the long run.
Technically, we’d gone from no clue to having a loose outline, which Lake tried to follow. We chatted about the characters a lot, having whole days of conversation about them, so Lake would feel more connected to them.
The new side characters he came up with were great, and I frequently told him so, loving the way he was getting more confidence in his abilities the longer we worked together.
It was slow going; he still doubted himself and often sto
