Dirty old river, must you keep rolling?

Nov 09, 2008 11:41

I am about 4000 words behind in my nanowrimo. I think I've regained control of the story though. I just read it through and it's not as shockingly bad as I feared. The story is sort of about London and how three different people relate to it and each other. 7000 words in and the first character has only just made it to London and met the second ( Read more... )

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tokaipenny November 10 2008, 14:52:55 UTC
STOP READING IT BACK.

Seriously. I've banned myself. I'm allowed to re-read three paragraphs before I start writing that day, just to get back in the swing, but that's it.

You've got the rest of your life to read it back and make it wonderfully perfect. Nobody ever wrote a perfect first draft.

SATURDAY we will kick out the wordcount jams

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sakuramab November 10 2008, 18:25:06 UTC
ha ha but reading it back is... oh I can't think of a good excuse. I must read it back everyday oh gosh. Ha ha I need some of your discipline!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/debbieohi/3019885178/

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