Tag: Frustrations

Ugghhhhh…

Man, I am sick.  It sucks. I’m also at a low spot in writing this novel.  That sucks too. When you get towards the last third of the book you’re writing, you start to have doubts about the whole project.  Is this really any go0d?  Is the story really holding out?  Things slow down a… Continue reading Ugghhhhh…

Slow but steady

Okay, quick post before I go to bed. Things are progressing in this novel, slowly but surely, as you can see from the wordcount.  Unlike past weeks, I’m not pushing myself too hard, mostly because I’ve got a lot of schoolwork right now and if I were to spend much more time on this novel,… Continue reading Slow but steady

Experiment, take two

Ok…the experiment I wrote about last week…yeah, it failed.  Miserably.  Got almost no writing done, and I wasn’t able to get up early hardly ever. However, I’m going to try it again.  Part of the problem was that I always ended up staying up late, past 1am, even when I intended to get up early,… Continue reading Experiment, take two

Progress!

I’m sludging through the middle of Bringing Estella Home.  I’ve heard people call this the “blue collar work” of writing, all the parts between the beginning chapters and climactic ending chapters.  I believe it. In particular, I was having some difficulty with chapter 7 last week.  I have, basically, three separate plot threads tied up… Continue reading Progress!

update on the novel

Ughh……. Alright, in the tradition of last year when I would write until 2am every night and then blog on it before going to bed, here is another update on how Bringing Estella Home is going right now. It’s getting tougher.  I’m right in the middle of it right now, in chapter 7, and I’m… Continue reading update on the novel

Worldbuilding

This is what I was doing the other day.  The FLSR (Foreign Language Student Residence) at BYU has chalkboards in the common rooms, and I just discovered that those can be WAY useful for diagramming your story. On this occasion, I drew out a couple of space battles, according to how they’d play out with… Continue reading Worldbuilding

Always too slow

I’m kind of paranoid the way I plan things out.  I set a grand deadline for the novel I’m writing, then I figure out a general plot (VERY general, without any of the subplots or other stuff), and use that to tell myself where I should be from week to week.  I’ll have the few… Continue reading Always too slow

Productivity breakdown

I’ve been thinking a lot about the writing I accomplished in the past few semesters. In some ways, I worry that I’ve become a lot more disorganized and a lot less productive than I was a year ago. Back in winter ’08, I took a couple of really difficult classes, got up early each morning… Continue reading Productivity breakdown

Gah! Almost there!

Ok, so I didn’t finish my novel yesterday like I said I would.  Instead, I went with a couple of friends from the old capitol house and went up to Salt Lake.  Of course, Aneeka and I were in the midst of a race to see who would finish their novel first, so I invited… Continue reading Gah! Almost there!