Making Some Headway

I just finished yet another re-write of Chapter 1 of What Luck, and I finally feel pretty satisfied with it. Of course, I will probably re-write it again, depending on the feedback I get from Michelle, Lisa and Rich at our WWG meeting tonight.
At our last meeting, two weeks ago, I read my re-write of the first part of Chapter 1 to Michelle and Rich, and they thought it was good. Even though I said I think I need to work more on description and setting, so my scenes feel more grounded. I think I write my characters and their dialogue pretty well, but sometimes it seems like my characters are just talking heads floating around. I can see this when I re-write, so I make sure I add some details and actions, so the characters are better oriented within a scene.
Michelle and Rich both encouraged me to keep working on it as much as I can, and Rich said if I can keep up a steady pace, he thinks I could be finished in three months. I hope I can do that!
WWG is a great help - we meet every two weeks, and it gives me a great incentive to have something new to read each time. I never want to just read the same re-written scenes over and over, so I make sure I keep moving my writing forward. Somehow, that seems to be the way I work best. It's slow going, because I never seem to have enough time to just devote to writing, but I do feel like I'm making some headway.
I'm looking forward to hearing everyone's writing again tonight. It's always stimulating and inspiring - our WWG meetings are definitely a highlight of each month. I'll make sure to write about tonight in my next post.