I took a stroll down memory lane last night, and rearranged my writing files and folders, so that all the partially finished stories/books set in my superhero soap opera are all in one folder. Then just for yucks, I counted up the total pages they take up. 667 pages, written over maybe the last six years, so we're not actually talking a great deal of productivity there, it's just that it adds up, eventually.
On the bright side, the 120 or so pages I've written this year of it, I've probably liked the best of all... if nothing else, I've given some of these characters a lot of thought and development, and it's showing. On the dark side... no end in sight for this particular plot they've gotten themselves into.
Theodosia, where do you stand on WIP editing? As in, do you desire, approve, request?
And yes indeed, poem was wonderful.
Thank you, erika and Deb!
I could relate to it too, in a first short hair in a long time way.
Deb, I'm really torn, because much of it is just over-the-top silly. The high-concept description is pretty much "What if Armistead Maupin Wrote the X-Men?" which is indeed about as silly as it sounds. But I do enjoy it so much....
What's wrong with over the top silly?
Hey, I gave the Perry family The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai DVD for Christmas. One of my alltime favourite movies.
Silliness? It's what's for dinner.
My online writing list suggested this, and damn if it doesn't work.
First drafts are a lot easier for me written longhand. When I do them on the computer, I go all lapidary and edit and re-edit and re-edit before I have a paragraph done.
Freehand, I finish the para and move on. I strike through the occasional line, but that is it.
Shitty first drafts rule. Making it impossible to micro-edit makes it easier to birth the work.
Your process may vary.
