T-50 and counting

[truepenny]

2,034 words. More than I needed for today, less than I needed to make up for yesterday.

I'm going to confess. I'm in the middle of Chapter 12, and I have only the vaguest idea of what the rest of the book is going to look like. I am proceeding in fits and starts*, from one bog of writer's block to the next. If you think this is an uncomfortable situation to be in, you are 100% correct.

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*As the old Beetle Bailey cartoon puts it, "He doesn't start 'til I have a fit."

Comments

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Ugh. You have my heartfelt sympathies. I'm not an outliner, so I know what it's like to be staring into the trackless wilderness of the Rest Of The Book and have no idea where you're going.

[fidelioscabinet.livejournal.com]

The elephant shrew is ready to help sniff out the story, for the bargain price of some bugs to eat.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Good god what a proboscis.

Uncomfortable is not fun

[muneraven.livejournal.com]

Just . . .trust the force, Luke.

(Had to say that. Just waking up.)

Well, as a reader, I trust your writerly instincts. You've done great so far. I wish this wasn't uncomfortable, but I'm glad you are writing through the discomfort.

[pameladean]

Ugh. I am so sorry.

I've been doing that on and off, but not just at the moment. "Bog" would cover it, if spread thinly. Only nobody would want to spread a bog thinly. It's bad for the orchids.

P.