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Apr 5, 2018 at 11:46am
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: R...
by Pepys
In case anyone's curious, I'm making slow but steady progress on my novel. I haven't got very far, just 11,000 words (8 scenes) completed in first draft, but the remaining 60-odd scenes are planned and sketched out. So I know where I'm going (a first for me!), but it's taking me a long time to get there.

I'm only managing between 500 and 1000 words a day on the average day because I'm obsessively editing and polishing what I've already written. I'm pretty sure this is a mistake and I should just forge ahead and worry about the quality in the second draft, but I can't seem to resist the temptation to keep going back and giving each supposedly complete scene another little tweak...and then another...and then another.

I fear this constant tweaking and polishing in the creation stage will make the story stale far quicker for me than if I just ploughed ahead and broke fresh ground every day. I'm only 11,000 words in and I'm already having a huge crisis of confidence; it doesn't bode well, does it? I need to find a way to turn off my inner perfectionist.
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Experimenting with planning instead of jumping straight in · 02-26-18 3:11pm
by Pepys
Re: Experimenting with planning instead of jumping straig... · 02-26-18 9:17pm
by Zen
Re: Re: Experimenting with planning instead of jumping st... · 02-27-18 1:23am
by Pepys
Re: Re: Re: Experimenting with planning instead of jumpin... · 02-27-18 8:36am
by Zen
Re: Re: Re: Re: Experimenting with planning instead of ju... · 02-27-18 9:59am
by Pepys
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Experimenting with planning instead o... · 02-27-18 10:18am
by Zen
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Experimenting with planning inste... · 02-27-18 10:33am
by Pepys
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Experimenting with planning inste... · 02-27-18 11:41am
by Angus
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Experimenting with planning i... · 02-27-18 8:09pm
by Zen
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Experimenting with planni... · 02-28-18 11:09am
by KenF
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Experimenting with pl... · 03-01-18 12:43am
by A Non-Existent User
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Experimenting with pl... · 03-01-18 6:29am
by Zen
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Experimenting wit... · 03-01-18 5:42pm
by Pepys
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Experimenting... · 03-02-18 9:16am
by KenF
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Experimen... · 03-02-18 9:43am
by Zen
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Exper... · 03-02-18 10:06am
by Pepys
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: E... · 03-02-18 10:37am
by Zen
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: R... · 03-02-18 10:53am
by Pepys
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: R... · 03-04-18 10:08am
by KenF
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: R... · 03-04-18 11:25am
by Pepys
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: R... · 03-09-18 5:02pm
by Pepys
*Star* Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: R... · 04-05-18 11:46am
by Pepys
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: R... · 04-06-18 8:49am
by KenF
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: R... · 04-07-18 8:12am
by Zen
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: R... · 04-07-18 8:57am
by Pepys
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: R... · 04-07-18 9:39am
by Zen
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: R... · 04-07-18 10:10am
by Pepys
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: R... · 08-09-18 4:29pm
by Pepys
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: R... · 08-11-18 6:15pm
by Zen

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