Progress, all about progress
Feb. 23rd, 2006 01:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brightrosefoxLast night I called up my novel on the laptop and looked good and hard at the scene in Chapter 20 that is frustrating me so much -- the dialogue piece I just cannot seem to end right. And because of the dream the other night, some of the dynamics of the plot and story have changed. Dana is still hesitant about the twins and Kara finding out what she has become, since it's still so new. And when the Muse who is also the star of the story gets iffy about something, it is worth taking notice. When I last left Alex and Ian, they had figured it out -- Ian had practically hallucinated it through his link to Dana -- but how the hell do I start them up again? I have Kara still trapped in Jeremy's astral plane, I haven't decided where to put the fight scene between Alex and Jeremy, and most importantly I have no clue when the climactic confrontation between Dana and Jeremy will actually begin. Two chapters from now? Four?
But the Muse and the Guides are being pains in my ass. Since we all talked, the girls have been sitting on the sidelines, watching me with interest. Nobody's been in my head specifically, and while I like the silence, it's starting to irritate me. And I cannot ask Ariana to take over and write a little bit for me. Who knows what she'd come up with. Besides, they're guides. They cannot do it for me.
I want to get this done. *bangs head on desk* I just want to keep going and not stall anymore. It's my fault, of course. If I could set a certain amount of time every day -- longer on weekends and days off -- if I could keep to that... I'd be fine. But I'm not in school anymore. No more long stretches with nothing to do except write.
All right. If they could do it, I can. Focus on the goal, yes? Set a time. No excuses. Oh, and soundtracks. Soundtracks are good.
But the Muse and the Guides are being pains in my ass. Since we all talked, the girls have been sitting on the sidelines, watching me with interest. Nobody's been in my head specifically, and while I like the silence, it's starting to irritate me. And I cannot ask Ariana to take over and write a little bit for me. Who knows what she'd come up with. Besides, they're guides. They cannot do it for me.
I want to get this done. *bangs head on desk* I just want to keep going and not stall anymore. It's my fault, of course. If I could set a certain amount of time every day -- longer on weekends and days off -- if I could keep to that... I'd be fine. But I'm not in school anymore. No more long stretches with nothing to do except write.
All right. If they could do it, I can. Focus on the goal, yes? Set a time. No excuses. Oh, and soundtracks. Soundtracks are good.
