I hate drafting.
*sigh* Actually I do love it too… I'm sitting here with my best scrunched up
face, lips twisted as I scowl at the computer screen while I attempt to hack
out the first draft of Feel the Burn.
Does writing a
novel ever get easier?
NO!
The only thing
that improves is that you know you CAN do it, because you've (in my case) done
it twice before.
But right at the
moment I don't care (and that is wailed in a long, drawn out breath and
finished with a damn good pout and crossed arms). I want this
god-awful-freaking-horrible first draft DONE AND DUSTED!
Seriously, even
you die hard fans of the BirthRight Trilogy wouldn't want to read the current
mess of a manuscript. It's just SO wrong!
And therein lies
the major issue I have with first drafts.
They are awful.
You are not to
fix them until they are done.
This means you
have to keep re-reading their awfulness while a big knot of frustration
develops between your shoulder blades and you have the irrational desire to
hurl your computer out the window and run screaming manically from the room.
*sigh*
Such is the joy
of writing ;p
Of course, once
this part is done and I get to fully re-write it, I'll love it! For about a
week. Then this will be a 'rinse & repeat' process until the final gleaming
product. Ahh, such fun - why did I start with this crackbrained hobby of
writing?? Oh right.
Because I love
it. *hee*
Take care all!
Nic
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That sounds about right to me. lol I have to work hard not to go back and start editing a draft I'm working on. Wait until it's done and then fix.
ReplyDeleteme is in love with that cat pic and also with the polar bear and penguin one from the previous post :)
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