I usually fly through first drafts, but this one is more like a slow plod. Maybe I'm not inspired enough? Maybe I've started in the wrong place? Maybe it's not the right book to be writing right now? I don't know. For the first time ever, writing feels like hard work.
I thought getting the rough draft knocked out in 6 weeks would be easy, but I'm 12 days from my self-imposed deadline, and there's no way I'm going to meet it (even if the kids school holidays hadn't just started).
Should I put it away until I feel it screaming at me to work on it? Should I push through and ignore that nagging inner voice telling me it's a pile of horse manure? Should I start something new? Or should I take a break from writing all together?
Certainly, this week has been a crazy week for me. Some work stuff has been getting me down, and the weather hasn't done much to improve my mood.
Perhaps I'll spend a couple of nights trying to get through the MS critique I'm doing for another writer. Maybe then I'll find the inspiration I need to keep slogging on.
What do you do in situations like this? Work through it? Or just quit for a while?
I usually fly to 20k and that it all slows down for a while.
ReplyDeleteWe ALL go through phases on a project where we feel like it's the dullest thing EVER, and not all projects fly along at the pace we'd like for them to.
Good luck with it :D
I always have a hard time forcing myself to write when I don't quite feel like it. I was in that same spot last week and was cured by getting a critique on my first chapters. After that, I've been very motivated to get writing.
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