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Part of my problem...
Nov. 14th, 2012 11:00 pmIs that I need to do a massive re-write of the meeting scene between my protag and my preacher and I DUN WANNA. I've already written it, but I need to go back and re-do it because then I'll be able to make that snippet I posted on Sunday actually resonate instead of lie on the page like a dead and smelly carp.
And that feels like going backward, because I've Already Written That Part, Dammit. But it needs to be done. And so I am putting on the Firefly soundtrack (since it sets the appropriate mood) and I'm doing it.
Half the battle is getting the cursor on the Word doc, you know? I keep letting myself get distracted by Shiny Things instead of just sitting down and scribbling stuff. This is really the part where I should turn the damn internet off and write for an hour, even though I hate the story right now.
But, as my lovely and effulgent RP partner said "You'll never stop hating it if you don't finish it." She is a wise woman. And I need to stop worrying about the structure of the thing and where what looks like the climax is falling. Like they said on today's mini-cast of Writing Excuses (paraphrased because I suck at remembering exact quotes): No one ever finished reading a book, set it down with a happy sigh, and said, "I really loved how the author used the three-act structure."
Tell a story. The structure will take care of itself.
And that feels like going backward, because I've Already Written That Part, Dammit. But it needs to be done. And so I am putting on the Firefly soundtrack (since it sets the appropriate mood) and I'm doing it.
Half the battle is getting the cursor on the Word doc, you know? I keep letting myself get distracted by Shiny Things instead of just sitting down and scribbling stuff. This is really the part where I should turn the damn internet off and write for an hour, even though I hate the story right now.
But, as my lovely and effulgent RP partner said "You'll never stop hating it if you don't finish it." She is a wise woman. And I need to stop worrying about the structure of the thing and where what looks like the climax is falling. Like they said on today's mini-cast of Writing Excuses (paraphrased because I suck at remembering exact quotes): No one ever finished reading a book, set it down with a happy sigh, and said, "I really loved how the author used the three-act structure."
Tell a story. The structure will take care of itself.
