Catégorie : Writing a novel

Diary of a writing project. Day 137-138: it’s not working… now what?

It’s bad. Every sentence is shit. Every chapter is a « delete me now before it’s too late ».
Yes?
Nooooooooooooooooooo problem.
Write anyway, power through, write, write, write.

Ok. See, that’s not… working… for… me?

Power through.

That’s what I’ve read.

In countless blog post and craft book about writing, it all goes down to this: power through.

It’s bad. Every sentence is shit. Every chapter is a « delete me now before it’s too late ».

Yes?

Nooooooooooooooooooo problem.

Write anyway.

Ok. See, that’s not… working… for… me?

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Diary of a writing project. Day 136: how to salvage a ruined writing day

My head is pounding.

My throat hurts from screaming and swallowing back more screams.

Farewell, ruined writing day. See you never again…

Now what?!

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