Amanda Frederickson's Blog: Musings - Posts Tagged "beginnings"
And Suddenly I Have a Blog
Cue mad scientist music.
So, 2013 was supposed to be working on middles, but middles don't happen without beginnings. (Funny thing, that. Even if you jump into the middle of action, it's still a beginning.)
Will this blog actually have something worth saying?
That's what middles are for.
So, 2013 was supposed to be working on middles, but middles don't happen without beginnings. (Funny thing, that. Even if you jump into the middle of action, it's still a beginning.)
Will this blog actually have something worth saying?
That's what middles are for.
Late Bloomer
Ten days into Camp Nanowrimo. Rose is barely past the opening. Not a promising start.
Something is getting bogged down and I can't put my finger on it. Did I start in the wrong place? Did I change too much from the original concept? Is the pacing wrong? Is there something else getting in the way?
I don't know. I think I'm going to push pause today, do some reading, then do some digging and see if I can find the root of the slow start. Maybe I just need to start from the middle and come back to the opening. That's the beauty of rough drafts, you can always come back and fix it. Sometimes that's the hardest part about rough drafts for me, because I don't want to come back and fix it - I want it perfect on the page. This doesn't happen.
Something is getting bogged down and I can't put my finger on it. Did I start in the wrong place? Did I change too much from the original concept? Is the pacing wrong? Is there something else getting in the way?
I don't know. I think I'm going to push pause today, do some reading, then do some digging and see if I can find the root of the slow start. Maybe I just need to start from the middle and come back to the opening. That's the beauty of rough drafts, you can always come back and fix it. Sometimes that's the hardest part about rough drafts for me, because I don't want to come back and fix it - I want it perfect on the page. This doesn't happen.
