I had yesterday off, so I made it a writing day. I'm also approaching the climax, so things are happening, which makes it easier.
Are you still struggling with the wrong LI winning? If the book ends differently than you thought it would, will you go back and change things about that LI at all?
So, I have two LIs, Rosie and Malinda. Taylor is programmed to be Rosie's boyfriend and the first half of the book we don't even see Malinda except in flashbacks. We focus completely on Taylor winning Rosie over. In the 2nd half Taylor finds out he's an android and programmed for Rosie, and he completely freaks out and cuts himself off from her. But just before he finds out, he's met Malinda (who owned the android that was programmed in Taylor's body before him). So we spend a lot of the 2nd half with Malinda (and I'm in the 2nd half, so it's easy to lose sight of Rosie).
I know that part of my problem is that the first half is the build-up to the Taylor-Rosie romance. They don't have dramatic kisses because they aren't there yet, and then they are, but something gets in the way, etc. But Taylor and Malinda are predisposed to romance because Malinda loved the android who used to be in Taylor's body and Taylor has been inundated with that android's memories. So when their romantic scenes happen, whoosh, it's big and dramatic and romantic and nobody's fighting it. Whereas Rosie was fighting it for most of the book.
Also, with Malinda, it's tragic and tender and beautiful, which really appeals to me. With Rosie, it's fun and it's a struggle but I know that they're really the ones that are perfect for each other. The climax is set up for Rosie to be the one to win. Malinda's not strong enough to help Taylor through the climax. It the end, I want it to be clear, though, that it's his choice, even if he ends up choosing the one he was programmed for.
I do have to change a few things about Malinda because I realized something that happened in her backstory that I wasn't planning for in her earlier scenes. I knew something sad had happened to her, but not what it was. Now I know, and I have to lead up to it. I also might have to switch some of the backstory scenes around.
I also have to strengthen Rosie in the first half. I wasn't connecting to either Rosie or Taylor that much, so I think I sort of failed to portray her feelings as deeply as I did Malinda.