It's a golden opportunity
Lots of writing talk~
So simply put: I'm thinking of stopping posting chapters of Crimson on here/SI/Fictionpress until I get the first draft finished. It might just be over thinking and thinking weird about things, but here's the gist of it: I finish one chapter, sort of edit it, then feel a sense of achievement that goes away quickly because it's just a small bit of the story. Also, some times I'll just rush a chapter just for the sake of getting it done (Chapter four. Oh gosh chapter four!) and it doesn't come out as well as it could have.
Also, it'll let me focus on my secret-but-possibly-impossible goal/deadline I've set for myself.
Of course, this is really my second time getting really serious about a story (HH is still being worked on . . . it's in the garage) so I guess I'm really just sort of winging it. Heck, I'm not even typing it out on the computer any more; I'm writing it all out in a notebook, because somehow it's easier to make it something I'm satisfied with if I write in out first.
Also, I think I need to stop worrying so much about how it's going to come out. IRL, I seriously don't give a care what others say/think (heck, I have a pair of converse and three pairs of jeans I've drawn all over.) but with writing it's different. Sometimes I feel like there's this mental lock on my brain, keeping me from doing what I want to do with writing. First it was Su, and then it was Jane. The flip side of this is that when I got stuck on those two, I ended up with two characters that were much better than they were originally. So I guess it could be a good thing, but then there might be something that I make worse. Anna's character in HH is a good example of that. I didn't write her much at all, and that's probably because I didn't develop her that much, and she bored me. Now she's just skeleton in my writing closet, with the story focusing on Ami/Ryder/Tyler/Celio instead.
I do think I've improved, especially when I think of my super-old TWEWY fic and compare it to Crimson and other fic I've written since then. Heck, I even think all the first four chapters of Crimson could stand a re-write.
It could just be me over-thinking, but I really want Crimson to come out well, and not go through the poo-period that HH did.
Any advice can help. Sorry if this post just seems kind of ramble-y
on a different subject: PANDAS~
So simply put: I'm thinking of stopping posting chapters of Crimson on here/SI/Fictionpress until I get the first draft finished. It might just be over thinking and thinking weird about things, but here's the gist of it: I finish one chapter, sort of edit it, then feel a sense of achievement that goes away quickly because it's just a small bit of the story. Also, some times I'll just rush a chapter just for the sake of getting it done (Chapter four. Oh gosh chapter four!) and it doesn't come out as well as it could have.
Also, it'll let me focus on my secret-but-possibly-impossible goal/deadline I've set for myself.
Of course, this is really my second time getting really serious about a story (HH is still being worked on . . . it's in the garage) so I guess I'm really just sort of winging it. Heck, I'm not even typing it out on the computer any more; I'm writing it all out in a notebook, because somehow it's easier to make it something I'm satisfied with if I write in out first.
Also, I think I need to stop worrying so much about how it's going to come out. IRL, I seriously don't give a care what others say/think (heck, I have a pair of converse and three pairs of jeans I've drawn all over.) but with writing it's different. Sometimes I feel like there's this mental lock on my brain, keeping me from doing what I want to do with writing. First it was Su, and then it was Jane. The flip side of this is that when I got stuck on those two, I ended up with two characters that were much better than they were originally. So I guess it could be a good thing, but then there might be something that I make worse. Anna's character in HH is a good example of that. I didn't write her much at all, and that's probably because I didn't develop her that much, and she bored me. Now she's just skeleton in my writing closet, with the story focusing on Ami/Ryder/Tyler/Celio instead.
I do think I've improved, especially when I think of my super-old TWEWY fic and compare it to Crimson and other fic I've written since then. Heck, I even think all the first four chapters of Crimson could stand a re-write.
It could just be me over-thinking, but I really want Crimson to come out well, and not go through the poo-period that HH did.
Any advice can help. Sorry if this post just seems kind of ramble-y
on a different subject: PANDAS~