Editing, editing, editing

I am trying so hard not to edit as I write.  My goal in this process is to get the plot and and story worked out, knowing that I'll have many days to edit and refine the work later on.

 

I had a cool conversation with my buddy Jordan about writing and editing when you're tired.  It turns out that 's a bad idea.  As with most thing you should put your effort in when you're at your best.  I can't imagine what it'd be like to work under a deadline that isn't self-imposed, the pressure to perform must be unreal.

From behind

The last few days have been a drought.  I haven't written a word.  Not that I didn't want to, but there are things that are simply more important to me.  I'm hoping to make up the ground this morning, I potentially have a few hours.

Losing faith...

So I'm not really enjoying one of the characters in my book, which is too bad 'cause I had planned on making him a major character.  That plan might change.  I'm actually thinking about renaming him and switching to an alternate.  We'll see, I want to stay the course a little longer and see how it pans out.

I'm a Follower

I just realised that I am not writing a story as much as I'm following my characters around my imagination and recording what happens.  I know where they are going to end up, but I have no idea how they are going to get there.

A New Project?

I found out a few days ago that Dungeons & Dragons Online is going free to play on September 9th and I think that's kind of neat.  I'm thinking about playing it occasionally, though I doubt I'll have enough time to be a regular.  Regardless when I do start playing I will likely throw up a weblog entry about how it's going.

 

Progress so far?  I can't find a decent place to download the client which means I have to wait until it goes free to play and everyone else starts trying to download it.  I'm expecting there to be huge slowdowns and all that, but if I really cared I'd just re-subscribe to World of WarCraft.

A weekend off was nice, but I missed ...

A weekend off was nice, but I missed writing.  Is that 'cause I felt guitly about breaking my new habit so early in, or is it 'cause I genuinely enjoy the process?  I can't say I'm sure, perhaps both.

 

I read a cool post by Dave today (who is one of my inspirations of dedication) about pouring work into your own content instead of someone elses.  It made me pretty happy to finally be working out all these ideas I've had in my head.

It's a rough go

 
It's not easy to write every day.  I've missed a few here and there (all with good excuses of course), but the I've easily hit my target on the rest.  If this turns into something for me or not, I'm enjoying to journey.