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Posting a brand new story feels kinda like flashing strangers. You kinda feel exhilarated, kinda insecure, hoping your boobs aren’t lopsided, you spend the whole time trying to glean approval from their reactions, and at the same time reaaaallly wanna put your top back on… Or is it just me?
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So I have been doing something right all along… And the cops said it was wrong…
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The cops merely said you’re being too slow, because you wouldn’t have been caught if you were running faster.
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Oh, I see… Have to work up the cardio a little more.
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So the job program I’m in, that’s been taking up all my time and getting in the way of me writing awesome shit, is going to end in 2 weeks. Right on my birthday. Part of me really hopes I get a job out of this. Nothings more stressful than wondering how you’re going to survive the month.
But a huuuuge part of me – the big fat hermit with the mullet and the shotgun that lives in the back of my shoulders – wants to get time to myself again. I miss being able to stay up all night, writing for 10 hours straight, and following that with a 4 hour betaing session for friends. I’ve been a writer for 18 years – more than half my life. I have no idea how the majority of you guys are able to work all day and still have the mental capacity to churn out a page or two.- Show previous comments 3 more
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Awww! I thought I was being selfish missing your editing You miss it too!!! Come back to us!
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Well, my job’s 40 hr/wk, pays decently that I’m not hurting for funds, and I’m single w/o kids, so yeah, I can devote time to writing
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That’s awesome DP! I’m not even working that much on this program. It’s at most 30 hours a week, but I’m such an introvert, having to smile at people every day is so draining I can’t focus during my alone time lol. I’m happy I’m doing it though! I got another certificate today that’d look good on a resume, so yay! I just miss being in control of what I do with all my time.
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Time in the story where I most frequently have existential crises, and question all the skills I’m normally (over)confident of…? The first. Frickin. Sentence.
And yes. I deleted and redid this status because of a typo. FML.
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Funny, I kind of do the same thing... I'll start writing... Sometimes two, three, half the novel, then I get a scene that I have to write... And it's much later... So I stop writing where I am to advance off to the later chapter/scene. On occasion, I've done what you said, written a scene without writing anything else, because it's detailed, then I work it around…
And yeah, sometimes, it would be easier to write it backwards... But then, wouldn't there still have to be a first line? Whether it's a last line?
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I’d suggest you totally blow the first line and move on… (haha that sounds silly ) you can always come back and play with it. you might get ideas about what you really want to do with the first line later. Don’t beat yourself up, just get into the meat of the story!
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Sometimes I’ve found myself writing backwards too. Of course, those scenes far off will typically be more plot critical (gives me an idea of how it’ll play down), though there’s still frequently a sexual scene, toying with my characters, leaving me to figure out where I’ll put it (because the scene will be good). I’m sure I’d keep a shrink occupied for their entire career if they ever cared to really analyze it in me.