Wordcount 12/5
Dec. 6th, 2021 10:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rainwatersparkNovel #4: 39k / 50-60k words
I'm really glad that I've journaled about my past experiences writing novels. I keep rereading those entries now, reminding myself that it's normal to hate my first draft.
Every time I sit in front of my computer and stare at my outline, I feel like it's so hopelessly messy. That I have so many dangling plot threads that are never going to weave together properly. And yet, forcing myself to write anyway actually helps. The act of writing helps me process the thoughts and possibilities in my head that, when I'm only contemplating my outline, leave me paralyzed with indecision, and it also helps me crystallize what does or doesn't work in a way that I can't when I'm only thinking about the story in the abstract.
I'm really glad that I've journaled about my past experiences writing novels. I keep rereading those entries now, reminding myself that it's normal to hate my first draft.
Every time I sit in front of my computer and stare at my outline, I feel like it's so hopelessly messy. That I have so many dangling plot threads that are never going to weave together properly. And yet, forcing myself to write anyway actually helps. The act of writing helps me process the thoughts and possibilities in my head that, when I'm only contemplating my outline, leave me paralyzed with indecision, and it also helps me crystallize what does or doesn't work in a way that I can't when I'm only thinking about the story in the abstract.
