HE WROTE: While Jenny parties in NYC

I'm working away. Have rewritten the 20,000 words of Agnes five times this week. Because Jenny changed the initiating event in between parties. She did this on DLD also. I think it was shortly after we finished the first draft of DLD that Jenny wanted to change antagonists. There was some gnashing of teeth that day.
A unique and difficult aspect of this partnership is that we're writing a very unique type of book. We call it Romantic Adventure. It's different for both of us. Jenny actually has to have a plot now. For me, it's different than the thrillers I write, because the characters are the focus and everything revolves around them. In a thriller, while characters are important, the plot is relatively straight-forward: stop the antagonist from doing whatever nefarious thing he or she has planned. Not only do we have to stop the antagonist, we have to develop a relationship between two main characters. Which means we have two main character arcs. We also have to make sure each turning point in the story does two things: turns the plot in a new direction, but also makes the main characters realize a deeper level of motivation.
This was not a good writing week for me, but necessary in the creative process of refining the book. It isn't there yet, but close. It will continue to change as we move forward.
PS to Jenny: Let's have a simpler plot in the next book.