So greetings,
So why do I want to write a novel and everytime I hit about forty thousand words I lose motivation?
I don't understand why I'd rather stay up and type in this blog instead of working on my novel?
Why do I find all types of critical writing errors and stylistic errors in the manuscripts of others but can't see them myself?
Well, I"m at sort of a transition place in my novel and I'm stuggling with to many viewpoints and to many main characters which is why I'm having a hard time sitting down and writing. So I think I'll do what Stephen King did when he wrote the stand and kill off some characters.
This blog takes little to no serious creative brainpower -- just an opinion and enough cognizance to type it down so it's just plain easier than being creative at the novel level.
We're all works in progress and it's easier to see in others those things you continue to struggle with. In psychology is call "projection". I struggle with passive writing, I struggle with maintaining consistent viewpoint in my stories, and I struggle with to many adverbs, and clauses.
I just don't write precise enough, so I'm working on it and critiqueing helps me.
Rock on and keep writing
Darrin F. Coe
