Update time! Incubus is going great. I really think this whole longhand thing is helping me work through whatever my problem with this book was before. I still get caught up at times and I still stress (probably because I have struggled so much in the past with this book), but for the most part this is just going back to the basics and letting it flow. I love it!
It’s never too late.
(For some reason when I think about this post and about how it is never too late, the song “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey runs through my head. Perhaps I should listen to it now.)
How many times have you come across a challenge on a blog only to think, this is great! If only I would have known about this when it started, I would have totally been onboard! ?
I know I have. But, really, if I think about it, being late to the game is no reason not to play.
That’s why, even though we started the Plot and Paper Project quite some time ago, I am inviting you again today to play along with us. Come, grab a notebook, and join the fun. Nobody minds that you are not as far along as we are – and you shouldn’t mind either. This project is not a race, it is not a competition. It is just a way to shed all the extra stuff to bring you back to the writer inside.
And it is never too late to do that.
(Also, I did the math today. If you, like me, are determined to fill the 180-page notebook by the end of the year, it is totally doable, even if you haven’t started yet. If you start tomorrow, and only write six days a week, all you need is to write 2 pages (front and back) a day to finish in time. Easy-peasy.)
(Also also, don’t forget to look for Glenna’s post on Tuesday!)
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Around because it’s not too late. It’s never too late! That’s the song that immediately popped into my head. I have a love-hate relationship with Three Days Grace, as in I love their music or I want to explode it in a microwave. Loooooooove the office pics. That is an exceptional workspace for an exceptional amiga. How did the Kelvinomicon react when he saw the Pit’s transformation? I would go with the longhand, but the more excited I get, the more frantically I write, which turns my penmanship from chickenscratch into pigsnout rutting, which not even the pigs themselves can read…. not that pigs can read anyways. Or can they? Hmmmmm. Clever little beasts. Okay, not sure what or why I am typing now. Glad to see the rock is rolling!
I seem to have the same problem with wanting to write too fast for longhand most of the time, but for this project it is just right for me. Making myself slow down is helping me work through the tough spots better.
The husband LOVES the transformation. Almost as much as Sophie-cat, who was never allowed in here when it was the Pit. Now she can come and go as she pleases, and she is THRILLED. I wonder how long until the novelty wears off.