Why did I just decide to change the gender of my main character halfway through chapter 8? Does it possibly have something to do with the female empowerment article I read earlier today? At least my son was cool with it. And it actually works to enhance the main point of conflict in interesting ways. Hopefully I can force myself not to go back through and rewrite the first seven chapters immediately. It can wait until the second draft. Or at least, that’s what I’m trying to convince myself.