Writing Ruminations
Well, hello everyone. I feel like a stranger around here these days. I've tried to keep caught up but it seems by the time I do, days have gone by and I can't think of anything to say. Not had a lot of time for writing, either, or even going online. I try and read most of your posts, even if I don't respond to them.
I've been writing again, a little bit anyway, which is great. For a while there I've hardly been able to string two words together. I realized the other day that I haven't updated Could Be You since January. It doesn't seem like it's been that long!
An old original story of mine has taken over my brain again, one which was finished years ago but because I started writing it in 1995, has never been completed to my satisfaction. I've re-written it a number of times and abandoned the most recent attempt, and now I realize why I have always simultaneously loved and hated it. I love the concept and the characters, but the story itself was the problem. I had only ever just reworked the scenes I conjured up as a teenager, and though the style of writing has improved, the story itself remains juvenile.
So I'm completely rewriting it. Same basic concept, same characters (for the most part), but with completely different scenes and a more adult feel to it. Some of the events will remain the same but retold in a better way. At least that is my intention. The nearly 4500 word first draft of the first chapter is done, and for the first time, I truly like it.
I also have 1700 words written on Could Be You, chapter 13. I'm still debating whether to post that little section by itself just to have something, or if I want to combine a couple of smaller parts to move the story along faster. I guess I will see how quickly the rest of things take shape. The story is approaching its conclusion and I'm kind of just ready to be finished with it.
I've been writing again, a little bit anyway, which is great. For a while there I've hardly been able to string two words together. I realized the other day that I haven't updated Could Be You since January. It doesn't seem like it's been that long!
An old original story of mine has taken over my brain again, one which was finished years ago but because I started writing it in 1995, has never been completed to my satisfaction. I've re-written it a number of times and abandoned the most recent attempt, and now I realize why I have always simultaneously loved and hated it. I love the concept and the characters, but the story itself was the problem. I had only ever just reworked the scenes I conjured up as a teenager, and though the style of writing has improved, the story itself remains juvenile.
So I'm completely rewriting it. Same basic concept, same characters (for the most part), but with completely different scenes and a more adult feel to it. Some of the events will remain the same but retold in a better way. At least that is my intention. The nearly 4500 word first draft of the first chapter is done, and for the first time, I truly like it.
I also have 1700 words written on Could Be You, chapter 13. I'm still debating whether to post that little section by itself just to have something, or if I want to combine a couple of smaller parts to move the story along faster. I guess I will see how quickly the rest of things take shape. The story is approaching its conclusion and I'm kind of just ready to be finished with it.