End-of-Draft Turkey Distractions
So I'm finally nearing the endity-end of my WIP. It's a first draft. Sort of.
I wrote 75% of it before a crit partner smacked my literary cheeks and said. "No. Start over."
I don't know why, but at the climactic end of my books I have SO much trouble getting AIC (ass-in-chair) and just writing the darn thing. Maybe because there's so much on the line.
Maybe because I allow myself to be so distractable. Like, "Look! Another turkey in my backyard! Let's Google wild turkeys again!"
Oh, and just so you know I'm not making up the turkey thing, here's one from the other day that was roaming my neighborhood.
teeny, tiny turkeySo anyway, here I am. Writing and trying not to look for more wild turkeys.
What about you guys? What's the hardest part of writing a first draft for you?
I wrote 75% of it before a crit partner smacked my literary cheeks and said. "No. Start over."
I don't know why, but at the climactic end of my books I have SO much trouble getting AIC (ass-in-chair) and just writing the darn thing. Maybe because there's so much on the line.
Maybe because I allow myself to be so distractable. Like, "Look! Another turkey in my backyard! Let's Google wild turkeys again!"
Oh, and just so you know I'm not making up the turkey thing, here's one from the other day that was roaming my neighborhood.
teeny, tiny turkeySo anyway, here I am. Writing and trying not to look for more wild turkeys.What about you guys? What's the hardest part of writing a first draft for you?
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Oct 27, 2012 06:36PM
I just pitched 38k of a first draft because even though I had some damn pretty scenes - the plot pretty much sucked. No I'm back up to 17k and the writing is nowhere near as pretty but the plot feels solid. Just have to keep reminding myself it's a first draft.
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Jaye Robin wrote: "I just pitched 38k of a first draft because even though I had some damn pretty scenes - the plot pretty much sucked. No I'm back up to 17k and the writing is nowhere near as pretty but the plot fee..."My draft is the same. I need to pretty up the prose later, but I feel better about the plot after I changed it. Good luck, Jaye!
