Writing
Or more, accurately, not.
I haven't written anything on the novel, or any other fiction in 2 months. Jory and his friends are often in my thoughts though. When I began this I intended to write all the way through to the end and then revise. Of course, at the time I was in Ni90 and intended to do the damn thing in a few months. A year later, I've got 24K words (or 25K if you're figuring the way the industry generally does.) And I'm floundering. I can't figure out what I need to do some of what I know needs to happen. When I really concentrate, absent worries and distractions, I can often figure it some of it out, but that doesn't happen often. The world is too much with me.
And having laid off for 2 months, I'm having trouble remembering just what all is there. So I'm thinking of doing a revision of what I've got now as a way both to get me back in the saddle and to catch me up on what's happened. I have some notes of what needs fixing (that I already know of) and decisions I've made. This would give me the opportunity to expand on those so I have a better resource for myself. And would, I think, allow me to make an outline of what's happened so far and what needs to happen yet, which seems like it would be helpful
What do all my writing friends out there think? Does this sound like a good plan? Or cat vacuuming?
I haven't written anything on the novel, or any other fiction in 2 months. Jory and his friends are often in my thoughts though. When I began this I intended to write all the way through to the end and then revise. Of course, at the time I was in Ni90 and intended to do the damn thing in a few months. A year later, I've got 24K words (or 25K if you're figuring the way the industry generally does.) And I'm floundering. I can't figure out what I need to do some of what I know needs to happen. When I really concentrate, absent worries and distractions, I can often figure it some of it out, but that doesn't happen often. The world is too much with me.
And having laid off for 2 months, I'm having trouble remembering just what all is there. So I'm thinking of doing a revision of what I've got now as a way both to get me back in the saddle and to catch me up on what's happened. I have some notes of what needs fixing (that I already know of) and decisions I've made. This would give me the opportunity to expand on those so I have a better resource for myself. And would, I think, allow me to make an outline of what's happened so far and what needs to happen yet, which seems like it would be helpful
What do all my writing friends out there think? Does this sound like a good plan? Or cat vacuuming?