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I havent done this since the first couple drafts of #ForgivingLies … and it has to be the worst, most sickening feeling. For those of you who dont know … Forgiving Lies is actually the first story I ever wrote out, but this was before I knew I was writing a novel, I was just writing out my dreams and expanding on them. I got about 60K words in, didnt like where it was going, so I went and completely changed the story. Got about 70K words in, and didnt like how Blake and Kash were turning out, so I went and changed them, which in turn, changed the story like crazy. I got back to where I had been, around the 70K mark, and since I still didnt think I was writing a novel, I was just writing it on my work computer. I came into work one morning to find my personal folder on my computer gone, and everything in the trash permanently deleted. We tried restoring things, nothing worked. I was so upset because Id just written this thing for the third freaking time, I just said, screw it, and began writing what would become #FromAshes. A little over a chapter into From Ashes, I had a dream I woke up sobbing from, and the next day opened a new document and began what would turn into #TakingChances. It wasnt until I finished Taking Chances, From Ashes, and #StealingHarper, that I would have the want to touch Forgiving Lies again. I still had the second draft, but I hadnt liked it before, and I was still pissy that my favorite draft had been deleted. So I completely deleted that story, and started over. I still remembered what the original dream was that lead to writing Forgiving Lies, and thats where I began. And that fourth draft is what you see now as Forgiving Lies. Whats all this about? Oh, well this is just a ridiculously long story to let you know that Im taking the 35K words I have on this WIP, and Im completely starting over. It hurts my heart something fierce, it makes me feel sick, but I know the story just wasnt working out the way it was meant to. And this is also me trying to procrastinate starting over. But starting over can be good. Fresh starts are fun. Now theres a little over a month to finish this beast, so I guess I better get started ;)
Posted on: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 15:21:53 +0000

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