Insight

Insanity

I think I'm in the first stages of going insane!!!  (If there are stages of insanity....If there's not stages, go ahead and commit me because I may already be insane.) :)  Just kidding..don't send the loony van for me yet.  I tried writing the first chapter of Insight in third person...I was not comfortable with it at all and apparently it showed because of some comments and feedback I received.  My first instinct was right and I'm going back to first person.  I don't regret trying it... I learned something (that I suck at writing in third person) and I don't think I'll be trying it again, so I can mark that off my list of "what if I did it this way".





The other part of my insanity is from walking the fine line of writing in "active" sentences and past tense verses "passive" sentences.  Apparently I have a tendency to write in "passive" sentences and it's preferred to have active sentences.  Two days ago I was as happy as a lottery winner; thinking I had finally figured out the difference.  Today...I'm not so sure.  After countless hours of examining every word in the first two chapters, I still don't think I understand or can identify the difference.  I made numerous changes hoping I got it right.  I guess someone will let me know and I'll find out soon enough if I made a move in the right direction or if I took another leap backwards.





I understand why writers go away; hide in seclusion for months writing their story.  You need every minute of peace to write.  I can't count the times that I had a great ....well..I just lost my thought again.  I just realized (which is a bad word to use in writing) that I complain a lot in these blogs... Several people have written me and offered very good advice.. I just need to learn to stop over analyzing and write without being overly critical on myself.