GET MY BLOCKS OFF... OR AT LEAST TRY TO
Okay, I hit another wall today. Not a literal wall, I mean a wall of writer's block. Although, now that I think about it I did hit my head against the wall when I woke up this morning... That's probably the reason for my woes.
So I've been reading a lot about writing novels and about so-called 'plotters' and 'pantsers.' For those of you who don't know, a plotter is someone who sits down and plots their book out from start to finish with an outline, and a pantser is someone who flies by the seat of their pants. Kind of dumb names, but whatever.
As I've thought about these weird categories, I've determined that I'm far more pantser in my writing than plotter. Sure, I have had a basic idea of the elements I want in the story, but the story itself is kind of just loosely jangling around in my head. I have an idea of the end, but it's not really known how I'll get there just yet. The problem is that tonight I got a wild idea that I should plot out the rest of the story to get an idea of how much more I had to get out -- big mistake.
I got a little bit further in the plot than what I already have written, then I realized that the path I've been planning to take in the next few chapters is going to lead to a dead end. The story can't believably progress if I follow my pseudo-plan, so now I have to think of another one. It's kind of liberating because it means I won't have to erase five more chapters just to rewrite it, but it is still frustrating. Oh well, it's all good. I'm sure I'll figure it out.
So I've been reading a lot about writing novels and about so-called 'plotters' and 'pantsers.' For those of you who don't know, a plotter is someone who sits down and plots their book out from start to finish with an outline, and a pantser is someone who flies by the seat of their pants. Kind of dumb names, but whatever.
As I've thought about these weird categories, I've determined that I'm far more pantser in my writing than plotter. Sure, I have had a basic idea of the elements I want in the story, but the story itself is kind of just loosely jangling around in my head. I have an idea of the end, but it's not really known how I'll get there just yet. The problem is that tonight I got a wild idea that I should plot out the rest of the story to get an idea of how much more I had to get out -- big mistake.
I got a little bit further in the plot than what I already have written, then I realized that the path I've been planning to take in the next few chapters is going to lead to a dead end. The story can't believably progress if I follow my pseudo-plan, so now I have to think of another one. It's kind of liberating because it means I won't have to erase five more chapters just to rewrite it, but it is still frustrating. Oh well, it's all good. I'm sure I'll figure it out.
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