I didn't write yesterday because I read the Scott Pilgrim comics. Bad me. Then today I started to edit some of Gorgax's encounter to make it something I can be proud of but... it's more difficult than I had imagined. I am bound and determined to edit this bit and make it something I can be proud of, though. I think I've well and truly given up on 50,000 now but I'm going to continue doing my best. I need to break through this block I have of hating my writing so much I stop. I can't stop I must continue. Only with practice will I get better. There can be no other answer.
I made about 100 words today and I didn't even edit as much as I wanted. I brought a character I thought had killed back to life because, frankly... Gorgax is too overwhelming an opponent. Auralia and Solran need help. So one of my characters' deaths that I had previously written is undone and he is thusly plopped into this scene to aid my characters.
Word Count: 9,163 (PATHETIC!)
I have a lot of the same trouble -- too easy to procrastinate and trying to fight the urge to go in and edit, gutting most of what I've done. I'm trying to just make notes of things to change and continue on because otherwise I could revise one page forever and never get any farther.
ReplyDeleteI like your posts here. It's fascinating to read another writer's progress and problems. Nice to feel not so alone in the work. That's what I love about Nano.
Keep up the good work! 50k is still possible. And even if it's not, and I'll admit I'm way behind as well) it's still better to have written than to not have at all.