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unmitigated crap
Aug. 16th, 2003 12:00 pmSo, now that the whole Stargate Fan Awards voting business is tidied away . . .
I reset my word meter this week, to officially kick off the new story. The signs of progress are a bit deceptive, though; most of the word count so far is the work I did back in May. I’ve made damned little progress this week in actual writing, with tonight – Saturday night – being the most productive by far.
I’ve mostly spent the time (when I wasn’t, you know, working, eating, sleeping, etc.) in Ponder Mode: envisioning the overall plot, considering characters, looking for interesting angles, chewing over inherent problems. Planning what kind of research I need to do. Making lots of notes. And smashing into frequent walls. I hit the Unmitigated Crap Zone for the first time in months.
( in the zone )
The bright spot is that tonight, after several days of mulling but no real writing, I got a decent chunk of work done. And I even got to add a teensy leetle bit to my word meter.
'Beth
August 2009
I reset my word meter this week, to officially kick off the new story. The signs of progress are a bit deceptive, though; most of the word count so far is the work I did back in May. I’ve made damned little progress this week in actual writing, with tonight – Saturday night – being the most productive by far.
I’ve mostly spent the time (when I wasn’t, you know, working, eating, sleeping, etc.) in Ponder Mode: envisioning the overall plot, considering characters, looking for interesting angles, chewing over inherent problems. Planning what kind of research I need to do. Making lots of notes. And smashing into frequent walls. I hit the Unmitigated Crap Zone for the first time in months.
( in the zone )
The bright spot is that tonight, after several days of mulling but no real writing, I got a decent chunk of work done. And I even got to add a teensy leetle bit to my word meter.
'Beth
August 2009
