When the club started my 1500 page manuscript (not finished) needed help. I was trying to please too many audiences and ended up not pleasing anyone.
I got my focus back.
I have taken the editing razor to it and even though I am adding more descriptive elements, I have taken about 50 pages out of the first 400.
I am also using my descriptive narratives to introduce "little dialogues" which bring my characters in focus.
I have stripped whole scenes out that make the book read much better.
Two weeks ago, I was despairing, ready to quit because my new opening "with histories and biographies added" was trashed by a friend because it was "rote." Now, I have a manuscrip that I am very happy with.
That is why this club is important to me. And meeting such accomplished writers like you have really made a difference.
Don't be impressed by me. My writing accomplishments are minor indeed.