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[the_rck]

Writing is not going well. Last week, what with one thing and another, I lacked spoons for it. I had time but not energy. This week, I keep looking at the open document and becoming suddenly fascinated by other things. Some of that is that I know I need to cut about two thirds of what I wrote last month. It's aiming toward something that I now know isn't going to happen because I realized that, no matter what the rationale, the character in question simply wouldn't do that.

I managed to write a little last night, longhand, by taking a notebook with me to Delia's basketball practice. I had trouble focusing, but I had nothing else to do, so I wrote. There's another practice tonight. I plan to take the notebook again and see if I can write more.

I think the only thing to do with this section is to power through it. It's got such a weight of expectation and negative emotion that there's no way I'm going to enjoy writing it. I need this section for the chapter to be complete. This is all I need to finish it. Then I can start on the rewrite which will be relatively extensive, at least in some sections. I still have to figure out how to fit in physical descriptions of the two characters I'm introducing. I don't think about what things look like very much, so it's a real challenge to work visuals into the flow of the text.

(And yes, I'm writing journal entries rather than writing fic. I'll get to the fic soon. Really. Probably.)

Comments

[leorising1959.livejournal.com]

*quietly cheerleads* Rah!

[the_rck]

Cheerleading is helpful. Thanks!

I hope to have something for beta reading soon. I may not get around to incorporating the suggestions you've already made this time out, but I still hope to.

[ramenkuri.livejournal.com]

Hope you're able to write more at the basketball practices. That's a good time to do it.

I am so easily distracted at home; I just cannot do anything there!

[the_rck]

I didn't manage any writing last night. Hopefully today. I've got a lot to do, but there should be bits and pieces of time to write, assuming I can stay awake.