Obsessing!

I keep putting off writing sections of my story that are hard for me to write.  Mostly plot-y and action-y sections.  Ok, almost exclusively plot-y and action-y sections.  I build them into unwritable problem spots, thus allowing myself to put off writing them further.

Now, of course, these end up being the sections that write pretty ( Read more... )

Ok, so I have to kill a character.  I’m not giving anything away by lamenting this.  It’s discussed early and often in my story*and I, of all people, should be used to the idea since I came up with the whole plot in the first place.  And yet, I’m having a terrible time typing out the words.

A big part of the problem is that this character became ( Read more... )

Poll

I hate it.  I hate editing. I know it has to be done, and I take it very seriously ( Read more... )

Ok, I'm going to try to use this space, at least in part, as a forum for thinking on and venting about writing.

So here goes…

I'm writing a novel.  It's not the first time, I've written or at least started a novel, but it's the first time I feel like I've written seriously as an adult.  Although I'm not entirely sure what the distinction is.  I do ( Read more... )