Hung in the air.

[hannah]

I'm at a satisfied level of dissatisfaction with my current project. I'm in the early stages of a full-scale rewrite, first person to third, which also calls for a number of other shifts - adjusting the timeline of certain characters, collapsing a couple into a single person, stuff like that. And the satisfaction comes from how much better I want it to be than I think it is right now. Moments of fulfillment come and go. Mostly, they go. Generally after I hit the session wordcount and think back and wonder why I thought to include those sentences or write that paragraph that way.

Thankfully, I know that to be a good thing. I want to keep going on this because I'm trying to write something I'd want to read. I already wrote it once, and I'm giving this version a try to see if it'll be better.

And then there's the wonderings, should I do the other shifts to yet another version that kept the first person I so very much enjoyed, should I keep that POV for a completely different project where internal perception is so very vital to the thrust of that narrative, does it seem slow because I already know the story so I'm not feeling like I'm discovering anything new, am I doing this right.

Which means I keep reminding myself: write what I want to read. Write until I get to the end. And give it some jump.

Comments

[tassosss]

That's a good way to put it. I know that feeling. It's one that I find scary at times, but only because it holds so much potential. You know the good story is there, you've found its bones and now you just need to bring it into the light.

Good luck!

[dragonyphoenix]

Wow, this makes my major rewrite sound minor-ish. ;-)