But I love you!
Jan. 15th, 2010 10:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xerinmichellexI have come to realize I am in an abusive relationship with my current WIP. Each day I timidly walk up to my computer, praying my manuscript will let me in so I can shape it into what I want. And everyday I walk away beaten up even more. But--damn it!--I just keep going back to it thinking it might change.
The abuse was so bad a couple days ago, I cheated on my computer by writing out a scene in longhand. The end result was my computer hissed and groaned for an hour, I thought it was going to go all kamikaze on me--taking my WIP with it.
Usually I refer to my WIP as "skeletal remains" just 'cause. I have never had a more apt description as I do with this manuscript. There are pieces of story all over the frickin' place. Each chapter has at least one sentence to it. I am not kidding--Chapter 13 only has one sentence so far. I have gaps and [insert info. here] brackets in the middle of long paragraphs. I even found a place where I stopped mid-dialogue yesterday. Seriously, my disorganization with this project is giving me hives.
Which is why I made a deadline schedule for myself. I think I've mentioned it before, but I'll say it again: I suck at making deadlines. Deadlines come and go, and my stuff ain't done. I have 12 chapters that need to be finished--all of which are in different stages of completion. Plot points still have to be finalized/thought about, and I am not one who can write on the fly. I write a paragraph behind of what's in my head. Also, I have all this science stuff to look up because I am dumb and decided to write a science fiction novel which has to be based on facts. So, I am hoping--fingers crossed--to have my WIP done by the end of January, with a query (cue thunder sound effects) start date of March. *Gulp*
Of course, once I made my schedule, I saw just how much work I still need to do. I am in for two weeks of hard abuse here.
The abuse was so bad a couple days ago, I cheated on my computer by writing out a scene in longhand. The end result was my computer hissed and groaned for an hour, I thought it was going to go all kamikaze on me--taking my WIP with it.
Usually I refer to my WIP as "skeletal remains" just 'cause. I have never had a more apt description as I do with this manuscript. There are pieces of story all over the frickin' place. Each chapter has at least one sentence to it. I am not kidding--Chapter 13 only has one sentence so far. I have gaps and [insert info. here] brackets in the middle of long paragraphs. I even found a place where I stopped mid-dialogue yesterday. Seriously, my disorganization with this project is giving me hives.
Which is why I made a deadline schedule for myself. I think I've mentioned it before, but I'll say it again: I suck at making deadlines. Deadlines come and go, and my stuff ain't done. I have 12 chapters that need to be finished--all of which are in different stages of completion. Plot points still have to be finalized/thought about, and I am not one who can write on the fly. I write a paragraph behind of what's in my head. Also, I have all this science stuff to look up because I am dumb and decided to write a science fiction novel which has to be based on facts. So, I am hoping--fingers crossed--to have my WIP done by the end of January, with a query (cue thunder sound effects) start date of March. *Gulp*
Of course, once I made my schedule, I saw just how much work I still need to do. I am in for two weeks of hard abuse here.
