September 19, 2002
Progress and panic
Another 1000+ words rewritten on The Host at Write Club last night, and I finally got some comments back from Brand on "Computer Dating". He was able to put into words what was bugging me the most about it. Too much build up to the exciting stuff, and my prose is almost too smooth and polished for the story. The (hopefully) exciting, action-y stuff is written just like everything else. So I've got a direction to go in, and it's one that involves probably chopping the first third of the story. Forget the scalpel, nurse, hand me a hatchet...
I've managed to finally stick to the plan of writing every weekday so far this week. No writing yet today, but I plan to. I've just been in a panicky mode due to real life unemployment issues, and every time I've sat down to write, I've felt like I should be off finding a job, never mind that I applied for five jobs today through various sources. I've almost reached a point where I'm hoping to sell stories just for the money, how sad is that?
Posted by Lisa at September 19, 2002 04:42 PM