Hmm, this whole having-five-weeks-off thing is pretty sweet.
So, a bit of rambling about writing. I haven't done much in the last few days - actual writing, that is - so there really is no better time to talk about it than when I'm not doing it.
The Victorian Ghost Story (VGS on my computer, which makes it sound like something requiring medication) also known as The Half Killed, is kinda... stalled. The irritating part is that this is the story that feels the strongest. This is the one that I would use an example if someone were to ask "How good a writer are you?" I'm proud of this story, of how it sounds, of how much work I put into the research, and so on. And yet this is the one that is sitting and not going anywhere. And it is SO CLOSE TO THE END. Something like 80,000 words done, with a probable total of 100,000. I'm SO CLOSE. So close. I really think that the only way I'll get it done is to just pound my fists onto the keyboard for about two days straight until there are words and then I can say it is done. Well, until the first round of editing begins.
The Chick-Lit (which some of you have read most of (no, I didn't finish posting the last few chapters (and there's really no point in doing that now, and you'll see why in a second))) is undergoing a minor rewrite. Basically, I'm experimenting with changing it into a young adult story. Why? Because I really think it could work that way. In the original story, the main character is in her late twenties, several years out of college, but still wandering around, not knowing what to do with herself. In the new version, she's just graduated high school and about to head to college for a degree that she isn't really interested in, etc. and so forth. The change has been pretty smooth so far, especially since the original version had no gratuitous sex, language, or bloodshed. The only things that really need to be double-checked are the ages of the characters and a few other small-ish details. And if it turns out to be crap, well then I still have the original version to fall back on.
The short story has been sitting for about a week or so. I should post it here as a locked entry so some of you can take a look at what I have so far, but right now I'm at the crossroads where I have two options for an ending, either one would work (I think) but I just have to decide which to use and then move forward.
There aren't any other writing projects that I would say I'm in the middle of. There are a few older projects that I'd love to resurrect at some point, and two new ideas that keep teasing the corners of my mind, but I'd like to get at least one of the above finished before I tackle anything new. Ugh, why do new ideas have to be so darn tantalizing?
So, a bit of rambling about writing. I haven't done much in the last few days - actual writing, that is - so there really is no better time to talk about it than when I'm not doing it.
The Victorian Ghost Story (VGS on my computer, which makes it sound like something requiring medication) also known as The Half Killed, is kinda... stalled. The irritating part is that this is the story that feels the strongest. This is the one that I would use an example if someone were to ask "How good a writer are you?" I'm proud of this story, of how it sounds, of how much work I put into the research, and so on. And yet this is the one that is sitting and not going anywhere. And it is SO CLOSE TO THE END. Something like 80,000 words done, with a probable total of 100,000. I'm SO CLOSE. So close. I really think that the only way I'll get it done is to just pound my fists onto the keyboard for about two days straight until there are words and then I can say it is done. Well, until the first round of editing begins.
The Chick-Lit (which some of you have read most of (no, I didn't finish posting the last few chapters (and there's really no point in doing that now, and you'll see why in a second))) is undergoing a minor rewrite. Basically, I'm experimenting with changing it into a young adult story. Why? Because I really think it could work that way. In the original story, the main character is in her late twenties, several years out of college, but still wandering around, not knowing what to do with herself. In the new version, she's just graduated high school and about to head to college for a degree that she isn't really interested in, etc. and so forth. The change has been pretty smooth so far, especially since the original version had no gratuitous sex, language, or bloodshed. The only things that really need to be double-checked are the ages of the characters and a few other small-ish details. And if it turns out to be crap, well then I still have the original version to fall back on.
The short story has been sitting for about a week or so. I should post it here as a locked entry so some of you can take a look at what I have so far, but right now I'm at the crossroads where I have two options for an ending, either one would work (I think) but I just have to decide which to use and then move forward.
There aren't any other writing projects that I would say I'm in the middle of. There are a few older projects that I'd love to resurrect at some point, and two new ideas that keep teasing the corners of my mind, but I'd like to get at least one of the above finished before I tackle anything new. Ugh, why do new ideas have to be so darn tantalizing?
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