Whining makes me feel better about things
Today is Tuesday. NBB is due on Saturday. I have a school paper due on Thursday and the written component of a group project due on Sunday. And even though I'm not worried about the school papers at all, I'm balancing right on the edge of panic in regards to NBB.
And so, I proceed to write an LJ post in order to calm myself down.
I've had a bunch of lovely people read through the (very) rough draft and got some good feedback. That's a plus. There was a variety of little things that were pointed out, which should be easy enough to fix. Good. One bigger problem was pointed out by everyone, which I'd already been afraid of. Now I've just got to figure out how to fix it. Not so good - my best idea for how to do it is going to be tricky for me to pull off.
My prologue has officially been moved into the A+ category (essentially, completed). Sixteen more chapters require revisions, some more intensive than others. Maybe I'll take a look at the epilogue next, since I know for sure what one thing needs to be fixed with that.
The part that needs the most work is a scene in the third-last chapter that still needs to be written. I should probably get that done today.
The problem with editing all the rest of the chapters is that I'm going to have to try to work info in about that Big Problem mentioned above for some of them. And I'm not sure which ones. And I'm kind of in this avoidance frame of mind today (and have been all weekend, whoops) so I'm doing stuff like writing up this LJ post instead of actually working through it.
Ok, feeling a little calmer now that I'm realizing that aside from the Big Problem, I really don't have that much to work on. *deep breath* And just to help myself further, some good things.
1) As I said, I've got the prologue listed as A+. This is good.
2) While there are flaws to fix, I've been getting good feedback on plot, dialogue, and characters. This is good.
3) I really do love the story and the humour. This is good.
4) I've already got a vague idea of what to do to fix the Big Problem. (It's just going to be difficult to implement.) This is good(ish).
5) My story is currently sitting in the 23K area. That's over twice what I signed up to write. This is good.
And... I feel better now. Ok. I can do this I can do this I can...
And so, I proceed to write an LJ post in order to calm myself down.
I've had a bunch of lovely people read through the (very) rough draft and got some good feedback. That's a plus. There was a variety of little things that were pointed out, which should be easy enough to fix. Good. One bigger problem was pointed out by everyone, which I'd already been afraid of. Now I've just got to figure out how to fix it. Not so good - my best idea for how to do it is going to be tricky for me to pull off.
My prologue has officially been moved into the A+ category (essentially, completed). Sixteen more chapters require revisions, some more intensive than others. Maybe I'll take a look at the epilogue next, since I know for sure what one thing needs to be fixed with that.
The part that needs the most work is a scene in the third-last chapter that still needs to be written. I should probably get that done today.
The problem with editing all the rest of the chapters is that I'm going to have to try to work info in about that Big Problem mentioned above for some of them. And I'm not sure which ones. And I'm kind of in this avoidance frame of mind today (and have been all weekend, whoops) so I'm doing stuff like writing up this LJ post instead of actually working through it.
Ok, feeling a little calmer now that I'm realizing that aside from the Big Problem, I really don't have that much to work on. *deep breath* And just to help myself further, some good things.
1) As I said, I've got the prologue listed as A+. This is good.
2) While there are flaws to fix, I've been getting good feedback on plot, dialogue, and characters. This is good.
3) I really do love the story and the humour. This is good.
4) I've already got a vague idea of what to do to fix the Big Problem. (It's just going to be difficult to implement.) This is good(ish).
5) My story is currently sitting in the 23K area. That's over twice what I signed up to write. This is good.
And... I feel better now. Ok. I can do this I can do this I can...