Sometimes the day goes wrong and you just can’t write.

Well, in a fit of exhaustion, I managed to delete tonight’s blog entry. I can’t believe it. I need a nap.
Basically what it said was:
Bob was right when he said I had to fix that plot point. I offered a compromise, he tweaked it and made it better (but NOT a tac [...]

Bob pointed out earlier this evening that I am rejecting all his help on Trudy without even considering it. He’s right. I look at everything he says and think, “Background story, not Trudy’s,” without considering that what’s in the background might illuminate Trudy. And in fact, it did, although Trudy’s starting to turn into the [...]

Okay, this plan-by-scene thing is not working. Evidently I don’t write in scenes.
I do, however, seem to write in acts. That’s the good news. Oh, and I’m at 10,000 words. In theory, halfway done with the rough draft.
The bad news is that there appear to be only three acts. And I’m pretty sure [...]

So I’m at 8500 words, and I’m wondering: Do first drafts always suck?
I don’t remember my early stuff being this bad, but then all I remember from early stuff is the final drafts. And once again, I’m writing 95% dialogue, which I was hoping writing with Bob had broken me of. Radio plays, I should [...]

Okay, I HATE writing to an outline. Just wanted to share that.
But . . .
The mailbox stayed painted and looks great.
The collage is coming together which should make rewriting this mess easier.
I did another 1000 words. Yes, I know I’m behind. I told you I hate this.
Some of us were just not [...]

The new Terry Pratchett is out. THUD. That’s the name of it. It’s sitting next to my couch right now and I CAN’T READ IT. And it’s a WATCH book, too. The agony. If I read it, I’ll start writing in snarky omniscient and my already tentative grasp on Christmas romance will go all to [...]

So let’s see what we’ve learned:

If you give up sugar for three days, the craving does not go away. I just had a sundae and it was delicious.
That 2000 word a night thing does not work if the words aren’t in your brain. I reread those 2000+ words from last night. They stink on [...]

I did 2358 words. They’re lousy words, but by God I wrote them.
Plus I downloaded four versions of Santa Baby from iTunes to inspire me. I can’t find any of my Christmas music, so that’s something else to do tomorrow because I definitely need Christmas music. I’d do Christmas cookies, too, except for that [...]

So I’ve been refined sugar-free for two days now. I think. I’ve been eating Smucker’s Simply Fruit jam and it occurred to me that manufacturers sometimes lie, so I checked the ingredients and there’s something called “fruit syrup” in there. “Syrup” usually means “sugar,” but then again, fruit has natural sugar in it, so . [...]