Amanda Frederickson's Blog: Musings - Posts Tagged "struggles"
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.
April Camp Nanowrimo 2014
I am in great debates about Camp Nanowrimo this year. Every time I come to the conclusion that I shouldn't participate this year, I can't quite commit to saying "no." On the other hand, even though one of the biggest obstacles has now been taken care of, I can't bring myself to commit to saying "yes" either, because of the remaining factors that still say "no."
On the one hand, I've never missed at least participating in a Nanowrimo event ever since I joined. Even in the chaos of my senior year of college I managed to put a few thousand words on paper for Nanowrimo. But then it was deeply frustrating not to have made headway on that story. It still isn't written. So if I do go for camp this year, I want to really go for it.
I'm not sure I could meet even a modest goal this April.
But then, participating (even with a modest goal) could be what Blood Queen needs to get some momentum back (it's still progressing, but slowly).
Ok. So I want to participate. I just don't know if I could actually finish the race. Sigh.
On the one hand, I've never missed at least participating in a Nanowrimo event ever since I joined. Even in the chaos of my senior year of college I managed to put a few thousand words on paper for Nanowrimo. But then it was deeply frustrating not to have made headway on that story. It still isn't written. So if I do go for camp this year, I want to really go for it.
I'm not sure I could meet even a modest goal this April.
But then, participating (even with a modest goal) could be what Blood Queen needs to get some momentum back (it's still progressing, but slowly).
Ok. So I want to participate. I just don't know if I could actually finish the race. Sigh.
