My enthusiasm has gone down the back of the couch of my subconscious
I'm having a spot of bother with House of Truth and Lies, inasmuch as I've finished the first part, up to my first major candy-bar scene, and maybe I made too much of that scene to myself, because my brain seems to be acting like I've finished the story.
"What?" it's saying. "Those guys? Aren't we done with them? OTHER SHINY IDEAS!"
I thought perhaps it was just doing that because now I had to specific-plot out the second part of the novel. (I have rough plans, but they need fleshing out as I get closer - and I don't like to plan in detail too much because I find that then I do deviate in writing, as though I'm just being contrary. It is me. This is possible.) My psyche is like water, and always seeks the lowest path of least resistance, so I was berating it up the hill of plot-work with a big stick. But now the middle section is all plotted out, and I'm still not really that interested in writing it.
Of course that just won't do. If I'm not enthusiastic about it, no one else will be.
So now I'm trying to think of ways to rediscover my joy and interest and fun. Maybe I need to really settle in with my characters and learn more about them. Maybe I need more world details. Maybe I do need to do something else in the meantime, though that feels fiendishly like letting my brain get away with it.
Any ideas?
In the meantime, I made the "After Dinner Biscuits" from over here... except the Australian is being a fascist about linking to it (I don't have to log-in to see it, why do you have to when I link it?) so I'll C&P the recipe here:
After dinner biscuits
30g butter
100g (70%) dark chocolate
1 medium free-range egg
2 tablespoons sugar
50g brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
40g plain flour
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
100g dark chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 170C. Line two baking trays with baking paper. Melt butter and chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of very hot water. Beat egg, sugars and vanilla for 2 minutes, then slowly add melted chocolate until just combined. Sift over flour, cocoa, baking powder and a pinch of salt and beat until combined. Fold in chocolate chips. Using a teaspoon, place dollops of mixture onto baking trays, spacing them about 3cm apart. Bake for 10 minutes, then remove and leave to cool on trays for 5 minutes, then transfer to fridge for about 20 minutes to firm up. Serve at room temperature. Makes about 20.
PS: Does anyone ever actually have a tablespoon these days? We just turned out house upside down trying to find one I was sure we had. I suppose I could just get a handy tablespoon measure, but it's the principle of the thing.
Originally posted on Dreamwidth
"What?" it's saying. "Those guys? Aren't we done with them? OTHER SHINY IDEAS!"
I thought perhaps it was just doing that because now I had to specific-plot out the second part of the novel. (I have rough plans, but they need fleshing out as I get closer - and I don't like to plan in detail too much because I find that then I do deviate in writing, as though I'm just being contrary. It is me. This is possible.) My psyche is like water, and always seeks the lowest path of least resistance, so I was berating it up the hill of plot-work with a big stick. But now the middle section is all plotted out, and I'm still not really that interested in writing it.
Of course that just won't do. If I'm not enthusiastic about it, no one else will be.
So now I'm trying to think of ways to rediscover my joy and interest and fun. Maybe I need to really settle in with my characters and learn more about them. Maybe I need more world details. Maybe I do need to do something else in the meantime, though that feels fiendishly like letting my brain get away with it.
Any ideas?
In the meantime, I made the "After Dinner Biscuits" from over here... except the Australian is being a fascist about linking to it (I don't have to log-in to see it, why do you have to when I link it?) so I'll C&P the recipe here:
After dinner biscuits
30g butter
100g (70%) dark chocolate
1 medium free-range egg
2 tablespoons sugar
50g brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
40g plain flour
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
100g dark chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 170C. Line two baking trays with baking paper. Melt butter and chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of very hot water. Beat egg, sugars and vanilla for 2 minutes, then slowly add melted chocolate until just combined. Sift over flour, cocoa, baking powder and a pinch of salt and beat until combined. Fold in chocolate chips. Using a teaspoon, place dollops of mixture onto baking trays, spacing them about 3cm apart. Bake for 10 minutes, then remove and leave to cool on trays for 5 minutes, then transfer to fridge for about 20 minutes to firm up. Serve at room temperature. Makes about 20.
PS: Does anyone ever actually have a tablespoon these days? We just turned out house upside down trying to find one I was sure we had. I suppose I could just get a handy tablespoon measure, but it's the principle of the thing.
Originally posted on Dreamwidth