Retrograde motion

[truepenny]

DL(2): -2,053 words

Sat down this afternoon and thrashed out why Chapter Six of DL is making me so cranky. And, as is the way of such things, as soon as I'd written the question, I knew the answer. I'd brainwashed myself into following my old plot outline, which was creaky and implausible. So I'm going back to the last point that felt right, and trying again.

I feel much better for having figured that out. I apologize for being excessively grumpy the past couple days; it's how I get when the writing goes bad. Which isn't an excuse, but is a piece of cause and effect I'm still trying to get used to. Such are the myriad wonders of the human mind.

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Re: outlines

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Well, I misspoke myself slightly. It's not so much an outline as it is the original version of what was one novel and is now two. I've got to the point where I'm treating it sort of as an outline, as in it's there to remind me where I need my edges to match up, but I'm not writing from it or anything like that. Except when my old bad habits get the better of me. *g*