As far as my novel goes I've come to a new conclusion. (I know, fickle me.) But the thing is, I have felt over and over that I am forcing it way too much. You probably haven't noticed but my word count hasn't budged. Why? Forcing. I've read two blog posts this weeks that have confirmed this to me. The first was from a blogger I just meet who happens to live in my small town, Quinn Header.
In his post he talks about answering the questions of a Fifteen-year-old aspiring writer. Of course I saw myself as the girl wanting to know how I can get un-stuck. The post was about using other characters to hold your MC up, but that's not what struck me. It got me thinking about how I love all my characters and how I am pushing a few of them into the story. The plan from the beginning has been to make this makes this four books and I now see that some of my characters need to be in later stories.
This was confirmed to me yesterday when I read E. R. Kings blog Get Busy Writing. So I took out one of my beloved characters and tried using the Ten Scene Plotting Outline (Thanks AVA!) and guess what? The problems where revealed to me. The story line is staying the same, but so many major changes have to be made that I'm starting from scratch again.
Whew. It feels so good to get that off my chest. Have told you guys how much I love talking to you? Thanks for listening.
12 comments:
I'm so glad you figured out what was blocking you! Forcing it is a pretty near guaranteed way to get stuck, so I'm happy to hear you readjusted and are rolling again. :)
And you're very welcome for the link! I'm happy it's helped you! ^_^
Congrats on your win!
And I've given you a blog award=) Stop by to check it out!
I've SOOOOO been there! Good luck with the rewrites!
Good Luck! It's nice when we can figure out what the problem is. I'm actually really enjoying starting over again with one of my books.
I'm glad I could unknowingly be of service! Good for you!
What an awesome WIN! Congratulations!
And I am glad you shared the rest of this. I am going to go check out each of these links. I think I have started from scratch about 4 or 5 times. It is aggravating, but I know it will be worth it in the end. :) Hang in there!
Congratulations again on the Mighty Pen award!
I know all about starting again, I'm doing it right now. There's something pretty cool about a clean page when you actually know what you're going to write. Best of luck to you, you'll rock it this time round :-)
@Ava - You seriously saved me! That was a great model :)
@Kathleen - why thank you! I'm honored :)
@Michelle - Thanks! Hopefully I won't have to do it again :P
@Jenny - That's good to hear becasue I'm a little nervous :s
@Emily - It's so great to have blogger friends to help me out when I'm in a jam :)
@Abby - Thank you! It's so hard to get it right...
@Sarah - Thanks for your vote of confidence! I really need it right now :D
Gotta love a breakthrough! Thank goodness for writers who blog and share what they know. :)
Congrats on winning and I hope your writing goes better! :)
Congrats on the win! I'm totally checking that Ten Scene Plotting Outline! Thanks for your encouragement, btw! :D
Congratulations for winning, and even more for realizing what the problem in your WIP is and how to fix it. Brave girl for starting over, but sometimes it's the only way to ever get it right. :) Good luck this time around!
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