1) This is the greatest idea in the world!
2) Oh my God! I can’t believe how the words are just flying out of me!
3) And…crap on a hat. My characters have hit a wall and I have no idea how to get them around it.
4) Double crap. I have new ideas to improve this but it’ll mean starting all over and adding/taking away certain details from the beginning.
5) This isn’t as good as I thought. I’m going to put it down for a few days.
6) This is garbage. I should skeet shoot my laptop and never write again.
7) Six months later – Oh. Hey look. That novel I wrote. I’ll take a peak.
8) Hey! This isn’t that bad.
9) Well, it might be a little far fetched.
10) Wait a minute. The highest grossing fantasy show on TV just had a scene with dudes trying to sell a dwarf’s appendage! The world wants far fetched! I’m going to make millions!
11) Ahhh maybe I won’t make millions.
12) This is garbage. Smelly, dirty, raccoon infested garbage.
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Haha, love this. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Book Guy.
I think I’m only at stage 5…
Update us in 6 months.
At which point I’ll be at stage 6, ready to shoot my laptop lol
I blame the tech. Self publishing is great because hey, now we all have a voice. On the other hand, I used to be able to sit back and relax, going on and on about how I might as well watch TV and enjoy myself since “The Man” is keeping me down and out of a book deal.
Brilliant!!!
I love it when British people say brilliant.
We say it a lot..it’s like our version of ‘awesome’
Ha, perfect timing- I’m at stage 7. Onwards and upwards to stage 12, oh, ah, can I stay at 8?
Was it that bad?
No, at the moment it’s pretty good. Shame I’m on stage 2 with a different idea at the moment…
Ah ha! I am not alone! Back to the drawing board!
Oh that wacky drawing board.
Yep, sounds about right. I usually repeat the steps and never get anywhere.
I’m starting to think the most successful writers are the ones who throw their hands in the air and yell “screw it! I’m done!”
Or – “I don’t care what the fans think! Dexter’s a lumberjack now! End of series! Done! Print!”
Writers always say “just write, and don’t stop. Get through your first draft then you can go back and adjust, change, etc.. As needed.” Yea…IF we can even get THAT far!
I’ve heard/read the “just get through your first draft” advice often. In theory, it’s great.
What do you do when you build a house? You build the frame first.
The problem is sometimes you reach a point where you want to make major changes – changes that require the introduction of a character, plot point, scene, etc. (or taking them away).
At some point, I need to rewrite what I’ve written or else I can’t go on. It’s like trying to finish a marathon with a broken foot.
Yep pretty much