So... How am I getting on?
So, last time I did one of these, I was at my personal
writing-epithany type thingy. Eloquent I know.
It's been a few weeks now, So i feel that my last blog could use a bit of an update. Can't just leave it there and go quiet, can I?
Well, it's working. Right now I'm writing an epic high fantasy that is really basically genre-typical mush. It's trashy, a bit silly, and I can't honestly see a publisher going near it with a barge-pole.
As a result, I'm having so much fun again! It's a weight off my back, killing that little self-expectation gremlin that was making me write with my head instead of my heart. I'll romp through the thing until it's done or until I'm bored with it, and then I'll move onto something new. If I finish, it'll find it's way online.
My fictionpress account works nicely to scratch that itch that demands a finished work have something done with it. It's nice to know that people out there are enjoying something I did. To an extent, it's all I really wanted. Oneday I'd still like to send my words out to the wider, general public, but for now, this really helps. Another person added my old story to their favourites list this week, which is perfectly gratifying.
But, all of this comes at a price.
Relaxing my brain has opened the inspiration floodgates again. I have too many stories! I don't know where they all went, but they're back! Now I don't know where to turn my efforts. I wish I could write ten at once. As of this moment, I am seriously considering two at once, the second being a bit outside my preferred genre, which is appealing. Has anyone else managed this, or is it folly?
So, all in all, I guess I'm back!
(This post is not negative. If you didn't read it, please do not assume that it was)
It's been a few weeks now, So i feel that my last blog could use a bit of an update. Can't just leave it there and go quiet, can I?
Well, it's working. Right now I'm writing an epic high fantasy that is really basically genre-typical mush. It's trashy, a bit silly, and I can't honestly see a publisher going near it with a barge-pole.
As a result, I'm having so much fun again! It's a weight off my back, killing that little self-expectation gremlin that was making me write with my head instead of my heart. I'll romp through the thing until it's done or until I'm bored with it, and then I'll move onto something new. If I finish, it'll find it's way online.
My fictionpress account works nicely to scratch that itch that demands a finished work have something done with it. It's nice to know that people out there are enjoying something I did. To an extent, it's all I really wanted. Oneday I'd still like to send my words out to the wider, general public, but for now, this really helps. Another person added my old story to their favourites list this week, which is perfectly gratifying.
But, all of this comes at a price.
Relaxing my brain has opened the inspiration floodgates again. I have too many stories! I don't know where they all went, but they're back! Now I don't know where to turn my efforts. I wish I could write ten at once. As of this moment, I am seriously considering two at once, the second being a bit outside my preferred genre, which is appealing. Has anyone else managed this, or is it folly?
So, all in all, I guess I'm back!
(This post is not negative. If you didn't read it, please do not assume that it was)
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Fabulous update - thanks for posting it.
I always work on more than one thing at a time, so if I get stuck on one, I can carry on with something else while my subconscious works on the blocked thing.
You mentioned writing with your heart, rather than your brain (your keyboard must get quite sticky). I kinda suspect that I write with my gut, and maybe also my nadgers (my keyboard is a disgrace!).
Yeah, I think i can carry two at once. One my typical fantasy fluff, the other my new thingy... work on one when i get bored of the other. Might just be perfect!
I'm currently working on my main MS and it's two sequels, my 2nd MS and an ongoing series of short stories for my blog. Like Wrath said, it's sometimes good to work on multiple things. When you can't get one thing right you move onto another. Works well for me and is worth trying out!
Oh, and, yes that does sound a little awful!
I get stuck though, because it hinges on a really awesome character that i want to save for something else, if i can.
Bah!
However, I have written two different character chapters within the same story - and that does work - and it really speeds the story along - and best of all I can FINISH the story.
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