When is it the right time to say, "I've got enough to work with, now I'm going to get this done."?
Every day I write notes, scenes, even some dialogue with a bit of action. But, when it is all said and done at the end of the day... I still only have one chapter that is semi-fully done. (In the sense that I know there's going to be edits later but, I still have the first chapter fleshed out. It only took me 6 years to do it.)
Just when I think that the story is "deep" enough, some other things pop up and go, "Hey we're relevant too!"
I did take the time to read a couple of books since the post "To Break or not to break". It was great reads and I'm glad I took the time out to do it. However, during the time I was reading, I had to work also, which meant there would be some note making for the story (because it's really sloooow this time of year).
Thursday night I sat at work thinking about the conflicts in the story. The Protag vs. the Antag (one of these is not exactly a person in my story), MC vs. the Big Boss (their beliefs really aren't that different are they?), All but one character has a stake in what's going on........how is that fair? Do I realllly want to delve into the world of prophecy to the point of having one for the MC so it would make everything she's going through have a point?........Um No........I can say without a doubt that I do not want to go down that road. One mention of a prophecy is enough for me and no one (all characters involved or mentioned in the story) saw this coming, so it's worth it.
Back to the point. The notes! They keep piling up. I keep telling myself, "That's enough! Get back to the writing of the story dammit!" Meaning...write linear. Get back to chapter 2 and write! How much freaking material do I neeeeeeed?? Why do I keep asking these questions, "What if? How come? Is that even plausible? Oooo, I wonder if I can make THAT work??........And so on and so forth.
And with all of that said out loud I think I just had an epiphany. I promise to share it later after I make sure it's not wishful thinking on my gerbils part...........yea I blame them for false leads because I think they like to give them just to torture me when I've ran out of ginger candy..........the bastards.
Every day I write notes, scenes, even some dialogue with a bit of action. But, when it is all said and done at the end of the day... I still only have one chapter that is semi-fully done. (In the sense that I know there's going to be edits later but, I still have the first chapter fleshed out. It only took me 6 years to do it.)
Just when I think that the story is "deep" enough, some other things pop up and go, "Hey we're relevant too!"
I did take the time to read a couple of books since the post "To Break or not to break". It was great reads and I'm glad I took the time out to do it. However, during the time I was reading, I had to work also, which meant there would be some note making for the story (because it's really sloooow this time of year).
Thursday night I sat at work thinking about the conflicts in the story. The Protag vs. the Antag (one of these is not exactly a person in my story), MC vs. the Big Boss (their beliefs really aren't that different are they?), All but one character has a stake in what's going on........how is that fair? Do I realllly want to delve into the world of prophecy to the point of having one for the MC so it would make everything she's going through have a point?........Um No........I can say without a doubt that I do not want to go down that road. One mention of a prophecy is enough for me and no one (all characters involved or mentioned in the story) saw this coming, so it's worth it.
Back to the point. The notes! They keep piling up. I keep telling myself, "That's enough! Get back to the writing of the story dammit!" Meaning...write linear. Get back to chapter 2 and write! How much freaking material do I neeeeeeed?? Why do I keep asking these questions, "What if? How come? Is that even plausible? Oooo, I wonder if I can make THAT work??........And so on and so forth.
And with all of that said out loud I think I just had an epiphany. I promise to share it later after I make sure it's not wishful thinking on my gerbils part...........yea I blame them for false leads because I think they like to give them just to torture me when I've ran out of ginger candy..........the bastards.