So I have more or less finished nothing on my book.
eh he... yeah, and I have how many more days until the end of the month? Don't remind me. I don't want to hear it. It will mean I will be cramming a million pages of editing into the last few days. Just be warned, you will probably not be hearing from me.
To be honest, I have simply been procrastinating. I have the time. I just have a million other things I'd rather do. Like play with my new puppy. Go outside with friends. Watch the Hobbit {which we have on DVD now}... I mean, the list goes on. I'd even rather go do the dishes and mop the floor right about now. Only because I know I have to finish now. Do any of you ever get like this? No? Well, I'll be fried. In hot oil. Maybe with a few eggs and bacon.
I thought for a while it would be cool to show you what editing for me looked like. I would pull a random piece from my book, post it here, then go edit it, and show you the result. Until I realized what that would mean...
My writing is changing soooo much right now...you wouldn't even recognize the two pieces. Most of what I have done has been rip out selections and put them back together totally differently. I completed a chapter that was killing me. {Finally!} It is now a compilation of what was two chapters... So yeah, that wouldn't work.
So, now would be a good time to pray for me. Really hard. I mean, REALLY hard. Because I am about to die. Of sleepless nights. And something like drain-bamage... SAVE ME!!!!!
Editing is tough. I definitely agree with that. Eat chocolate. Sleep is definitely over-rated...as my sister once told me, you can sleep when you're dead. (How's THAT for inspiring?) Don't forget to have fun between editing though...it makes you edit better, trust me! I have totally wrangled Blood from different styles to different tenses, and honestly, a little fun and relaxation would have made the process easier. ;) Good luck! YOU CAN DO THIS!
ReplyDeleteHaha...yes, Sleep is over-rated. All the way. :D
DeleteThanks for the suggestion! I took it and it worked too! :D
Ahahaha, the dreaded procrastination instinct strikes again! I know that feeling - I've been ignoring the rewrites on my novel for weeks, mostly because school has made me so fed up that I just DO NOT WANT TO.
ReplyDeleteThat said, just take it at your own pace. Don't panic, and just do what you can do every day. Sometimes you'll need to write in cold hard blood just to get it out, but it will be worth it. Promise!
Ah, yes......death to all motivation. :D
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It is worth it! So much!!! :D
LOL - I'll definitely be praying for you, girl. You are now where I was the entire first half of last summer, so I know precisely how you feel. Hang in there! It's worth it in the end! : )
ReplyDelete(And if you need someone to rant to, or an understanding shoulder to cry on, or someone to bounce ideas off of, well, you know where to find me.)
Thanks, Mary!! I appreciate it! Yeah, I remember that!
DeleteI sure do! Thanks again!
Hehehe. Editing stinks. Don't worry too much about it, though, take a paragraph at time.
ReplyDeleteOr more like swallow a chapter at a time. ;) Just kidding. Thanks!! :D
DeleteOK. OK. I am now going to say something radically unpopular and unheard-of: I actually like editing. A lot. More than writi- uhh, very very much. I like the satisfaction of going, "Nope, not having YOU anymore!" and slamming that big fat DELETE button over a line of highlighted text. OH YEAH, BABY! Best feeling! In terms of comfort, all I have is this: everything feels like it's more important than what you're doing, when you're doing it. Yeah. Good luck, my friend.
ReplyDeleteOh, boo, boo!!! Go away!!!
DeleteJust kidding. I actually love editing too! I have to. I have been editing for five years. That's why I decided it was time to be done. Really done. And I made myself the challenge.
Thanks! So glad to have you here! Welcome aboard the boat of adventure! Bring your ukulele along strum a few tunes. Maybe a laptop or bag of pistachios would be good too. I promise it'll be fun! :D