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3 years ago
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Got 4000 words into a draft and it just not moving at an interesting pace. I think the character work is much better, and the situation is intriguing, but I'm taking it too realistic and seriously, trying to find too many logical justifications for my characters to end up in a smutty situation. Sometimes the ol' "woke up in bondage" starter is a classic for a reason, it skips all the preamble. Gonna try and see if I can redraft this to be a lot leaner and get to the action much faster!
On the bright side, I don't think any of the characterisation I've done is wasted per se because it helped me define them a little more strongly, and if I like them enough they might become recurring.
I'd lost steam a little bit for writing the plot, and if I'm losing steam writing it then a reader is probably gonna lose steam reading it. Still, starting again when I've already spent a fair bit of time on this plot is daunting.
Might shove the old version in scrap for funsies in case people want to see what I'm talking about with the "this is way too slow" version haha.
On the bright side, I don't think any of the characterisation I've done is wasted per se because it helped me define them a little more strongly, and if I like them enough they might become recurring.
I'd lost steam a little bit for writing the plot, and if I'm losing steam writing it then a reader is probably gonna lose steam reading it. Still, starting again when I've already spent a fair bit of time on this plot is daunting.
Might shove the old version in scrap for funsies in case people want to see what I'm talking about with the "this is way too slow" version haha.
Finding the right balance between action, character interaction, description of the area and other stuff, will take time, patience and lots of rewriting.
So don't give up, when it takes time. You already wrote one amazing story, so it would be a shame if you would stop writing.
In my case, I write said story with two friends (well one is “only” proofreading) and alone the Prolog took about 10 rewritings. (And nearly two years, but that was because our circumstances lead us to us forgetting about the story two month after starting and finding it again about a month ago.)
P.s. please excuse if it’s hard to read or if I did some mistakes with spelling or wording, English is not my native language.