I've been working very hard on The PJ, and getting a bare-bones skeleton draft completed (which I hope to have done by the end of this week! *crosses fingers*). And something new and wonderful has been happening.
I'm excited about this novel. And I'm excited to work on it. Like, really excited.
This is technically my third novel, but because I put The Design of Dragons on the backburner temporarily to work on this, I call The PJ novel #2. It will be the second novel that I will write THE END on. So, it has been dubbed novel #2.
I "finished" one novel previously. By finished, I mean I completed a first draft and then shelved it. It sucked and it wasn't the kind of novel I wanted to write. And that's okay. It was a great practice novel and I learned a lot while writing it. But back to the point, while I was working on that first novel, I would get excited from time to time - when I discovered a new plot twist or something like that. But there was no overall excitement. I was eh about the story itself.
And that's where the difference comes in with The PJ. I'm excited about the story, and that excitement keeps growing as I think of each new subplot or alternate ending or character development. With novel #1, I was so rigid with myself, so point A to point B. It was kind of fun. But with The PJ, I've allowed myself room to play and expand and create as I go along. I'm having a lot more fun writing this novel than I did with novel #1. And isn't that what this is all about? Having fun? I'm excited. I steal time to plug away at it. I watch that word count creep higher and higher, and it makes me feel AWESOME. I just feel like I've found my writing groove (finally!), and I love it.
Did it take you a while to find your groove? How did it feel when you did?
I'm excited about this novel. And I'm excited to work on it. Like, really excited.
This is technically my third novel, but because I put The Design of Dragons on the backburner temporarily to work on this, I call The PJ novel #2. It will be the second novel that I will write THE END on. So, it has been dubbed novel #2.
I "finished" one novel previously. By finished, I mean I completed a first draft and then shelved it. It sucked and it wasn't the kind of novel I wanted to write. And that's okay. It was a great practice novel and I learned a lot while writing it. But back to the point, while I was working on that first novel, I would get excited from time to time - when I discovered a new plot twist or something like that. But there was no overall excitement. I was eh about the story itself.
And that's where the difference comes in with The PJ. I'm excited about the story, and that excitement keeps growing as I think of each new subplot or alternate ending or character development. With novel #1, I was so rigid with myself, so point A to point B. It was kind of fun. But with The PJ, I've allowed myself room to play and expand and create as I go along. I'm having a lot more fun writing this novel than I did with novel #1. And isn't that what this is all about? Having fun? I'm excited. I steal time to plug away at it. I watch that word count creep higher and higher, and it makes me feel AWESOME. I just feel like I've found my writing groove (finally!), and I love it.
Did it take you a while to find your groove? How did it feel when you did?
Yay! There's nothing more exciting than loving what you're doing! That is DEFINITELY what it's all about. =)
ReplyDeleteOnly five years! ;o) Good on you. I know it feels great! Ride the wave as long as you can!
ReplyDeleteIt took me... *does calculation in head*...
ReplyDeleteSeven years and seven attempts to hit onto the draft that I went on to finish.
I'm now working on it's rewrite and our relationship is complicated. But I love my story with all my heart.
:-)
I think the book I'm working on now is more in my groove than others in the past. The Snowflake Method helped so so much. I didn't do everything that the method requires you to do but I did enough to have a complete and somewhat complex story.
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
After I finished my first book, I realized. Hey, I can write a whole book!
ReplyDeleteNow I write until that excitement dies down, and then I work on something else, until the excitement on project one takes a hold of me again.
Your writing will be SO much better for it :)
How fun!I have a sucky first novel first draft in a drawer somewhere. Those are good for learning. Not a whole lot more, though ;)
ReplyDeleteYay for finding your groove!
ReplyDeleteIt always takes me a while to find mine... but when I do, I run with it.
It's so great that you've found a project that exhilarates you! It's so important to be excited by what we're writing, and I'm happy that you are.
ReplyDeleteHi, Jessica :) Stumbled on your blog today. Glad you found your groove. Having fun is really what it's all about. Everything else that comes after that is a bonus.
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Kelly - Thanks! *hugs*
ReplyDeleteSam - Thanks for stopping by! And, I couldn't agree more! :)
nice..
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