Meh.

[concertigrossi]

All right, so NaNoWriMo didn't happen for me. Life intervened.

I'm feeling very down about my writing. I came within a hair's breath of formatting the jump drive on which I keep the Big Fic last night. I know I need to just keep sweating it through. I swear to God, I'm going to have "YOU WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR WRITING BY NOT WRITING" tattooed on the inside of my eyelids.


Revising is better than writing from scratch. Revisions are easier than writing from scratch. The downside is that in order to get anything to revise... you have to write it from scratch, first.

Meh. Seriously.

The crisis of confidence will pass... eventually.

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[pink-siamese.livejournal.com]

Maybe try writing something else? Or just taking a break from the Big Fic?

(Don't kill it!)

[concertigrossi.livejournal.com]

It's safe.. the urge to kill didn't take. :)

I'm just really frustrated... I really had hoped to have a hell of a lot done by now, even if just in the first-draft phase. But it didn't happen; my last significant chunk was added over three weeks ago. Admittedly, it's been a busy three weeks, what with the Colorado trip, the gimpy two-year-old (who couldn't go back to preschool until yesterday) and Thanksgiving, but I really wanted to be further along, and now the Christmas stuff is starting up. And then, last night I FINally had a bit of time to sit in front of the computer, and the writer's block wouldn't go away.

And I shouldn't complain, because, as always, things could be a hell of a lot worse and I am counting my blessings. But the ducks, they nibbling.

Maybe I'll come up with something light and fluffy for a bit. Or one of those "20 facts about..." lists. It's just that one of my big problems in writing is actually finishing stories, and I really want to manage to finish this one. I think it's got potential to be very good; it's just that I sometimes get to the point that I feel that my execution doesn't live up to my expectations, and I get mad and threaten to nuke the whole thing.

*grumble*

[rexluscus.livejournal.com]

I'm right there with you. I haven't written a significant amount of text in weeks. Certainly not during November. The closest I've come have been those 20 Things lists, which at least keep the project alive in my mind. :) We just have to accept that these things go in waves, I guess.

[pink-siamese.livejournal.com]

Indeed. It's hard to accept sometimes, that these things come and go with their own rhythm.

[concertigrossi.livejournal.com]

Yea... it's just frustrating.

[concertigrossi.livejournal.com]

Thanks... I'm going to try a couple of workarounds.