Well, It's Happened
Yes, I finally took a step back and realized what the problem was.
Remember that book I wrote for NaNoWriMo? You know...in 2014? The sequel to Isomorph that should have been done ages ago?
Yeah, about that.
The rough draft was so bad, so fractured (and unrealistic and with horrific continuity problems) that I was overwhelmed by the sheer amount of work it needed. I would open the file, look at the garbage I had to work with, and close it again, frustrated before I'd even started.
I hate editing at the best of times, to be honest. And most writers have a problem with procrastination. I am no exception. Combine that with how bad the manuscript itself was, and you get a file that the author pretends doesn't exist, and sits on the computer, gathering virtual dust. Which is what Metamorphose has done.
I've felt guilty about it for months. One year should be more than enough to write, edit, and publish a 50k novel - after all, I did it with Isomorph. And then there are the people waiting to beta read, people who've been pestering me about it for what seems like forever.
And they've just entered their second year of waiting.
Well, I've finally looked objectively at the problem (shocking, I know), and I think I have a solution.
Due to the horrifically bad state of the rough draft and the sheer size of its issues, I have made the painful decision to rewrite it entirely. I will take the rough draft and write a new outline, one that should fix most of the problems that so crippled me over the last year. While I'm doing this, I also plan to divide it up into five sections to be a projected 10k each. This should help me by breaking up the pieces I need to edit into smaller fragments.
My hope is that these new strategies will have Metamorphose ready to go to beta readers by June. I can't make any promises, since I have a lot of other projects filling up the same time frame, but that's what I'm going to be working toward.
Thank you for your patience! I won't forget. :)
P. S. If anyone wants to be a beta reader (one-time or regular) comment your email below!
Remember that book I wrote for NaNoWriMo? You know...in 2014? The sequel to Isomorph that should have been done ages ago?
Yeah, about that.
The rough draft was so bad, so fractured (and unrealistic and with horrific continuity problems) that I was overwhelmed by the sheer amount of work it needed. I would open the file, look at the garbage I had to work with, and close it again, frustrated before I'd even started.
I hate editing at the best of times, to be honest. And most writers have a problem with procrastination. I am no exception. Combine that with how bad the manuscript itself was, and you get a file that the author pretends doesn't exist, and sits on the computer, gathering virtual dust. Which is what Metamorphose has done.
I've felt guilty about it for months. One year should be more than enough to write, edit, and publish a 50k novel - after all, I did it with Isomorph. And then there are the people waiting to beta read, people who've been pestering me about it for what seems like forever.
And they've just entered their second year of waiting.
Well, I've finally looked objectively at the problem (shocking, I know), and I think I have a solution.
Due to the horrifically bad state of the rough draft and the sheer size of its issues, I have made the painful decision to rewrite it entirely. I will take the rough draft and write a new outline, one that should fix most of the problems that so crippled me over the last year. While I'm doing this, I also plan to divide it up into five sections to be a projected 10k each. This should help me by breaking up the pieces I need to edit into smaller fragments.
My hope is that these new strategies will have Metamorphose ready to go to beta readers by June. I can't make any promises, since I have a lot of other projects filling up the same time frame, but that's what I'm going to be working toward.
Thank you for your patience! I won't forget. :)
P. S. If anyone wants to be a beta reader (one-time or regular) comment your email below!
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