Writing Challenge
by JM
Day three.
This challenge has already proved quite interesting for me. What I gave up yesterday, I’ve decided to give another chance today. I tried writing things over, but they just didn’t feel right. I’ve isolated my main problem down to, again, the main character I’m not especially fond of.
Instead of writing the entire beginning over because of her, it’s much easier to simply rewrite her scenes.
I’m quite looking forward to my writing time tomorrow to see how long I’ll sit and think before actually getting my twenty minutes of writing done.
How are your projects going? Are your characters behaving? Are you stuck for any reason?
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June 27th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
Trevor never behaves! He’s not allowed.
As for the main character, if you don’t like her, how will your reader be able to?
June 27th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
well your MC could be an anti-hero - the kind of person we love to hate, & then she could have an epiphany that makes her all lovely for the reader - just as you kill her off… *grins*
I’m wondering if I should try this challenge - 20 minutes a day seems more achievable that a certain number of words per day.
June 28th, 2007 at 1:36 am
Susan - I heard that question all the time, but did you know that with Steven King’s first big hit, Carrie, he didn’t like her? He didn’t care for her one bit and even threw the beginning of it away.
I’m getting to like her, now that I’ve reminded myself I can rewrite her.
Marcus - HA. I can’t kill her, as much as I might like to. She has a reappearance she has to make in the life of someone down the line.
Please do participate. It’s interesting, if nothing else, and it would be good for my heart to see you writing again.
June 28th, 2007 at 4:29 am
Got about 30 minutes done today. Had to study for the GRE, which I had been neglecting for writing for the past few weeks. The scores don’t matter much to get into an MFA program, but I’m pretty sure if I just completely bombed it that I would have some trouble getting in.
My project is going okay. Sometimes there’s some doubt that I can actually write something good. Total downer tonight. Just received my degree, but I didn’t get honors. So that was very discouraging. But at the same time makes me want to work harder.
Sometimes I think discouragement is a good thing. As long the writer believes in them self.
June 28th, 2007 at 5:07 am
It takes the right person to look at something discouraging and take it as a reason to move forward. I admire you for that quality.
We all have those doubts, but keep in mind this is a draft, and drafts (excepting the final one) are rarely the best.