La Vie Boheme

Smallish sidestep

Clearly, pushing myself to work on nothing but editing (The Exile's Daughter and "Don't Look Back") was making me crazy, and making my work days devolve into shuffling papers and notecards around while I played Solitaire.

Part of the problem was that just because I can sit and write first draft material for three or four hours a day, I expected to be able to edit at that pace as well--so far, not working. Also, I've been frustrated at not turning out anything new.

So here's the plan: I'm going to spend a minimum of a solid hour each day editing. No paper shuffling and whining about how much I hate editing, but real work. Once the minimum hour is done, I'm free to continue, if I'm on a roll, or I'm free to go on to my 'new' project--which is a reworking of The Sword and the Mound.

This idea I'm actually excited about right now. I've started using Holly Lisle's fast plotting technique to whip the plot into shape. It's a non-linear approach, which is something I've never tried before. Hopefully this will kick me back into gear, cause I'm tired of playing Solitaire and whining.