Blue - you're killing me!
So Blue's story is killing me. I really thought his would be an easy write. Right? Wrong! When will I ever LEARN?!
*banging forehead on keyboard*
I had the prologue and first chapter done but was having so many problems. I didn't like the stories, the characters were wooden, no one was speaking to me (except Blue, who kept telling me to get a freakin' move on!). I was a mess, looking at the time that has passed with me wrestling him (and if you saw his cover, which I have stuck up on my desktop hutch, you'd know that's not a bad thing!), but wrestling the story and knowing it was...just...well let's be honest - crap!
So last night as I'm gloomily typing away and knowing it wasn't going anywhere, I leaned back and looked at it, and said "That's it. This is ending right now." and I put the whole bit into a special file (labelled 'Tries' but really meaning 'Failure'), and I started again - still with Blue, but a new heroine and a new story-line.
Can I just say that it is now going well? Yes, it has put me behind a lot in regards to my personal deadline, but I honestly cannot work on a book that has no heart. So this new story-line is working so much better, and I'm feeling the characters.
So right now, I'm going to stop here and do a couple of hours on Blue's book before I have to go to work. But at least the story is now flowing!
And if Blue decides to give me more problems later, I have the DELETE key! Just sayin', Blue, just sayin'...
*banging forehead on keyboard*
I had the prologue and first chapter done but was having so many problems. I didn't like the stories, the characters were wooden, no one was speaking to me (except Blue, who kept telling me to get a freakin' move on!). I was a mess, looking at the time that has passed with me wrestling him (and if you saw his cover, which I have stuck up on my desktop hutch, you'd know that's not a bad thing!), but wrestling the story and knowing it was...just...well let's be honest - crap!
So last night as I'm gloomily typing away and knowing it wasn't going anywhere, I leaned back and looked at it, and said "That's it. This is ending right now." and I put the whole bit into a special file (labelled 'Tries' but really meaning 'Failure'), and I started again - still with Blue, but a new heroine and a new story-line.
Can I just say that it is now going well? Yes, it has put me behind a lot in regards to my personal deadline, but I honestly cannot work on a book that has no heart. So this new story-line is working so much better, and I'm feeling the characters.
So right now, I'm going to stop here and do a couple of hours on Blue's book before I have to go to work. But at least the story is now flowing!
And if Blue decides to give me more problems later, I have the DELETE key! Just sayin', Blue, just sayin'...
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Mikaela
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May 19, 2017 07:54PM
Oh wow! Good on ya for putting it aside and starting over. That's got to be daunting! Looking forward to the new story!
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Mikaela wrote: "Oh wow! Good on ya for putting it aside and starting over. That's got to be daunting! Looking forward to the new story!"Some days, when the imprint of the keyboard is on my forehead yet again, I know it's time to stop banging my head and just start over! LOL Here's hoping this works out! Blue's in a bit of a situation at the moment *wink*
