Getting Serious 2

It's midway through November and how am I doing on my planned November Writing project? Ha! If I'd really signed up for NaNoWriMo, I'd be way behind. It's the fallacy of thinking a project already started (a full draft actually completed) will move more easily that starting from tabula rasa and building something new. I've boxed myself in by trying to remedy scenes with a bit of editing rather than rewriting.

Funny. I tell people in workshops and advise in my writers group not to look at the old stuff—write what is going to be most effective the way you see the story now. I haven't heeded my own advice, and that has put me way off course. I'll have to pull some all-nighters to get back on track.