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ksmithMade the word quota for the day and a bit more, but I'm going to keep plugging to see how much I can kick out. So many people kicking out so many words these past few days. I've been left in the collective dust.
The writing of this book...I think I've mentioned ad nauseum that I'm doing things I've never done before. I wrote events out of sequence. I skipped chapters--I know what occurs in these chapters, but I didn't feel like writing them when it came time for them to be written. Maybe it was because I didn't want to slip into that POV at that time, or didn't want to work through the dynamics of the scenes, but there are several chapters of this book that exist only in my mind. I'm writing their aftereffects now. When rewrite time comes, I'll get back to them.
The thing is, I want to write the last chapters. Much happens of a world-shattering nature (although no actual worlds are shattered in the writing of this book). I want to write the resolutions of relationships, and final scenes, and climaxes, and political turmoil. I'm not sure if it's 8, or 10, or 12 chapters (pleaseLordnot12), but I need to get them written so I know what I need to backfill.
The writing leading up to this has been like pulling teeth. It's not a lot of fun to write just to get stuff down in phosphors when you know that a lot of it was going to go jumpez le fenestre.
And the Winter Games start on Saturday, and I love the Winter Games. All those non-marquee sports like bobsled and luge and skeleton and biathlon. And all that other stuff. Keep the damned figure skating--give me speed skating and skiing and anything else that doesn't involve triple jumps and bad Broadway show tunes.
Of course, I don't know how much I'll be able to watch...
The writing of this book...I think I've mentioned ad nauseum that I'm doing things I've never done before. I wrote events out of sequence. I skipped chapters--I know what occurs in these chapters, but I didn't feel like writing them when it came time for them to be written. Maybe it was because I didn't want to slip into that POV at that time, or didn't want to work through the dynamics of the scenes, but there are several chapters of this book that exist only in my mind. I'm writing their aftereffects now. When rewrite time comes, I'll get back to them.
The thing is, I want to write the last chapters. Much happens of a world-shattering nature (although no actual worlds are shattered in the writing of this book). I want to write the resolutions of relationships, and final scenes, and climaxes, and political turmoil. I'm not sure if it's 8, or 10, or 12 chapters (pleaseLordnot12), but I need to get them written so I know what I need to backfill.
The writing leading up to this has been like pulling teeth. It's not a lot of fun to write just to get stuff down in phosphors when you know that a lot of it was going to go jumpez le fenestre.
And the Winter Games start on Saturday, and I love the Winter Games. All those non-marquee sports like bobsled and luge and skeleton and biathlon. And all that other stuff. Keep the damned figure skating--give me speed skating and skiing and anything else that doesn't involve triple jumps and bad Broadway show tunes.
Of course, I don't know how much I'll be able to watch...
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Date: 2006-02-07 03:37 am (UTC)Hang in there - just remember, you are making progress.
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Date: 2006-02-07 03:50 am (UTC)I like to set up near-impossible goals for myself, then beat myself up when I don't meet them.
I enjoy the Winter Games so much more than the Summer Games. Don't ask me why.
You hang in there, too.
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Date: 2006-02-07 03:59 am (UTC)I do that, too!!!
I'm getting better, though. Sometimes.
Sometimes I am able to make a list including things that seem fairly minor, and then cross those things off AND give myself a measure of credit for completing them, instead of obsessing about all the stuff I'm still not done with/am behind on.
re: Games. I like both. The Summer Games are a bit overwhelming, though - there's just too much going on.
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Date: 2006-02-07 05:32 pm (UTC)One interesting thing, I saw a video clip of Bode Miller last night. He comes off the second jump on a downhill run doing about 70mph and catches the edge of his left ski. Normally this would take out the skier, but not Bode, he unweights the ski and tries to lift it. The ski catches in the snow twice more and gets ripped from his boot. This is crash material, but somehow Bode is still on his one ski. He managed to ski about half way down the run on one ski before he finally took a spill, that is quite an accomplishment. He never ceases to amaze me.
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Date: 2006-02-07 05:40 pm (UTC)Bode took some heat for that interview, period.
I get the sense that he's a constant source of merriment for his coaches.
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Date: 2006-02-07 08:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-09 09:19 pm (UTC)You wanna write the "Good parts" version, woman. My only fear for you is that filling in will be even harder if you know how it turns out. But maybe that will enable you to relax and finish the book!
Hang in there--
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Date: 2006-02-09 10:26 pm (UTC)YES!!
My only fear for you is that filling in will be even harder if you know how it turns out.
I think that a major issue with this book is that I've known how it turns out for, oh, about 2 1/2 years now. There are minor instances of discovery, and some scenes themselves are fun to write. But overall, I've known the ending for a loooong time.
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Date: 2006-02-10 01:39 am (UTC)Sometimes I see the end, but I don't assume I understand it. I learned that lesson with Londo and G'Kar in Babylon 5. ;^)