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That would be me, looking in the mirror today.
Writing is frustrating. I have rewritten the same scene 4 times now-- all different ways, but absolutely of a piece when you average in the suckage factor.
What really gets me is-- the story to this point isn't that bad. I'll post up to where the suckage gets to truly hooverlike proportions-- maybe some feedback will jar something loose. If you can't bring yourself to read a WIP, especially since my last took 3 years to get finished-- don't worry. I won't be offended in the least. Maybe you can indulge in some drive by writing therapy, instead-- what helps you in these situations?
I will say that I'm proud of one thing-- I'm still writing every day. Even if it sucks, I'm making the effort.
This will start a little ways back from where the last part ended, just to give a running start, and because I edited it a bit for the better. Hope everybody else's St. Nick's Day is going better than mine.
( more nano novel - read at your peril )
The part I can't get is the next bit, after this where they talk to Ellen. I can't find a convincing way to handle it. And the characters are doing very credible impressions of sock puppets. Wooden sock puppets even....
Sigh. All right, back to it.
UPDATE: Okay, I see something. When I stay close to Giles' and Willow's point of view, it flows a lot better. Buffy's not bad, but the further I get from how things are going for Giles and Willow, the worse it becomes. There's a moral there, somewhere. Must ponder....
Oh, and here's the count as of yesterday:
Writing is frustrating. I have rewritten the same scene 4 times now-- all different ways, but absolutely of a piece when you average in the suckage factor.
What really gets me is-- the story to this point isn't that bad. I'll post up to where the suckage gets to truly hooverlike proportions-- maybe some feedback will jar something loose. If you can't bring yourself to read a WIP, especially since my last took 3 years to get finished-- don't worry. I won't be offended in the least. Maybe you can indulge in some drive by writing therapy, instead-- what helps you in these situations?
I will say that I'm proud of one thing-- I'm still writing every day. Even if it sucks, I'm making the effort.
This will start a little ways back from where the last part ended, just to give a running start, and because I edited it a bit for the better. Hope everybody else's St. Nick's Day is going better than mine.
( more nano novel - read at your peril )The part I can't get is the next bit, after this where they talk to Ellen. I can't find a convincing way to handle it. And the characters are doing very credible impressions of sock puppets. Wooden sock puppets even....
Sigh. All right, back to it.
UPDATE: Okay, I see something. When I stay close to Giles' and Willow's point of view, it flows a lot better. Buffy's not bad, but the further I get from how things are going for Giles and Willow, the worse it becomes. There's a moral there, somewhere. Must ponder....
Oh, and here's the count as of yesterday:
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26,591 + 5,408 (20.3% more) |
