Hi everybody, hugs and cheers all around!
I haven't given up - at all - but have come across another rough patch. About a year ago I wrote a chapter way ahead in my story, because I was stuck where I was plus had some strong ideas for that later chapter. It's been like a beacon ever since, cheering me on - one day, I'll get to that point! And now I've finally reached it - and it's no fun at all...
There are some very good scenes and descriptions here, but as a whole it needs major revision and editing. Things have happened to the plot and the characters since I first wrote it. And - this old chapter is about 9000 words!
They seem like this huge, amorph entity that has no handles, no ways in. I stare at the words on my screen, feeling very much like my young nephew who was sent upstairs to tidy up his room, only to come back down and declare: mom, it's not
possible to tidy up my room - it's too messy!!
This of course makes the procrastination snake rise its ugly head (yeah, don't you love tired old metaphors...) but I'm beating it! I am, honest!
I've pasted the whole dirty big old chapter into my working document, and that has of course bloated the word count considerably - but the majority of those words will need to be edited away. So, no point in updating my signature ticker yet...
@ sky warrior Congratulations with the 42K mark
and good luck with putting
The Clockwork Samurai on the backburner for now!
I really admire your tremendous work capacity and ability to multitask - but yeah - I can see how it also may cause some problems at times. Keep at it, I'm sure you'll get them both ready and great in the end!
@ Siri Kirpal Congrats with your finished pre-beta edits. That's awesome!
Hope you'll have a great time at the conference. Tell us about it when you come back, yeah?
@ Eliza I can so relate to that work just
sitting there and
sitting there for no apparent reason, constantly worrying your conscience - and then the fabulous rush when you finally sit down to do it! Yay! Congrats with your hundred pages done
Looking forward to that post where you say your book is out the door. Here's to crossing the finish line by the end of next weekend!
@KitCat Good job to start over. I hope you're happier with the way it's going now. If you are, it probably will go faster. Keep it up!
@ bettielee
I think it's time to get off the internet....
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yeah, me too...)