That's one of my favorite Harrison Ford quotes, mostly because it's just funny the way he said it, and also how long it's been since I've done any serious writing. I have to admit, I was really worried about not going on, to the point I was kind of grieving over the book. Silly, huh? Anyway, first I agonized over going back and reorganizing text I'd already written, since Kate has give me such dire warnings about not re-writing until I was completely finished with the first draft.
But I got to about chapter six ("about" for a reason) and got confused. My chapters weren't meshing, things weren't happening in the proper order, and I had to re-tool the ending. Like I said, major confusion and I just couldn't go on until I re-ordered the chapters, like ending chapter five in a different place and inserting another chapter before it.
The up side is, after getting chapter two changed a bit so it fit better, I went on a tear, even writing on a clipboard during a Master Gardener meeting Birdie took me to last night for nearly an hour - until they turned the lights out to show slides. It's about a thousand words longer than it had been, hope that's not too much, but it makes a lot more sense AND I got to send it to Kate. So now she has the horrible chapter one, the very long chapter two and the road tested chapter three. I'm hoping to get another two off to her this week, but I think it'll only end up being one.
Finally! Progress!
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Good for you! Hurrah, hurrah, huzzah and kudos!
Nice long title for the post, too -- it is a good delivery. Glad things are rolling again. It comes back, you just have to dive in. With the good ones, anyway, the thrill returns. You remember why you liked them so much.
Keep rolling!
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