I took an evening out from my Moon Town madness to work on my novel. I really haven’t been multitasking as well as I had planned. I had planned to work on Moon Town a couple of nights a week and the novel the rest of my evenings. But you know, I loves the movie biz, and just can’t seem to make myself stop working on that animated Lunar goodness.
Meanwhile, we’re rounding 3 and a half years and heading for 4 on this novel, and I just can’t bear to think of this thing dragging on for another year.
So I sat down with it. Ripped out the Problem Chapter for the umpteenth time. Rewrote it for the umpteen-fiftieth time (I think that’s a number). Finally – finally, I say – I think I have the problem licked. I just couldn’t get the characters to the place where they can do and say the things they need to as the novel turns and heads for home.
Now, they are well placed, and tomorrow night, I can begin that home stretch. (Details when we do the NUMBERS).
Ahhhhh.
Nice to hear that you’re making progress on your book.
And I bet it’s good for Moon Town too that you get to take a break from working on it all the time.
I liked the numbers, funny how progress seemed to put you back and not forward.
Well, good to hear that the problem is solved, it will probably make for faster progress later.
Yes, I hate having to rip out stuff from this novel, but it’s a necessary evil. I have probably written this novel two times over and thrown it out when I consider all the tossing-and-rewriting.
But, yeah. Once the story gets turned toward home, it should be much easier to write. This one particular scene has been a real burr in my side.
As for Moon Town, I do believe the project benefits from this cross-training. I hope so, anyway.
Thanks for the note.