I Am Stuck

16 April 2010 | Filed Under NaNoWriMo, Revising 

Revising is hard. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

In between writing bouts for Screnzy, I’ve been trying to revise my NaNoWriMo novel. Ha.

I want to change like, half of it, but getting up the nerve to actually buckle down? My mind instantly rebels and runs back to Screnzy to crank out a few more pages. That’s not what you’d call the best progress.

I’ve managed to storyboard the thing, but I’m not super happy with how it looks at this point. I might end up tossing out the end and free-writing again to see where it takes me. I hate when I have an absolute ending in mind and can’t for the life of me figure out how to get there.

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2 Responses to “I Am Stuck”

  1. Sara S on April 16th, 2010 7:15 pm

    Well, hopefully now the weight that was grad school is lifted from your mind and things will get easier!! I saw that you are half way through the play – that’s awesome! Even if some of the work is procrastinating revision… Revision is the worst, especially when it involves rewriting >< good luck!

  2. Jenn on April 16th, 2010 7:45 pm

    Thanks! Yeah, I have to get back in the writing/revising swing of things. Haven’t had much of a chance the last few days…

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