Clawing My Way Toward Home Plate

[mmerriam]

I have Middle of the Novelitis at the moment. I'm hating the stupid book and struggling to push through to the other side. I know there is an other side, because I can see it. But there are several thousand words that I need to wade through to get to it.

I know I'll start liking the novel again eventually. If not today, then surely by tomorrow. Until then, I suppose I'll have to push and pull and battle with it, as I refuse to surrender. I still managed to get over 500 words today, even though I'm being cranky and irritable about it. I'm sure I'll get more words written later.

I have two stories up on The Online Writing Workshop. Both have garnered several critiques and reviews, all of which have been helpful, forcing me to look at the stories from a different angle and consider new possibilities. This is a good thing. I plan to submit a new story to workshop next week. I have been reviewing like mad this week, determined to be a good workshop member. Hopefully people are finding my thoughts on their stories as helpful as I am finding their thoughts on mine. I also have three short works lined up for careswen to go over when she has the time.

Okay, enough procrastination for one day. Back to work.

Comments

[polymathematic.livejournal.com]

"Middle of the Novelitis" isn't unique to just writing. It's something that strikes me almost any time I take on a personal project. At some point the initial excitement of the project fades, and I realize just how much work I have to do. It's usually just a small bump to get over, however I often have trouble motivating myself to do so.

You sound like you have a much handle on the motivation aspect.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

the truely funny thing is, even though I was not liking my novel at all yesterday, I ended up having one of my best days writer wise, plowing through 2500 words by the end of the day and completing two difficult scenes.

please =)

[allochthon.livejournal.com]

Please don't take down your current pieces on the OWW in the next few days. I've done a first read on _Rainfall_ (beautiful) and hope to post a crit in the next few days. And I'll get to the second piece hopefully this weekend.