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Oct. 22nd, 2009 06:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lenora_roseI should be done Bird of Dusk about now.
Predictably enough, for anyone who knows my usual relationship with deadlines, especially self-imposed, I'm not. (I'm usually close, but rarely on target, and I seem to work best with a final-days crunch. If I ever become a professional, I think the smart thing to do would be to tell the agent to tell me a deadline two weeks before the one the editor has. And then forget I suggested any such thing.)
In this case, I can't really say it's for lack of trying. I have about one scene to go; I've got most of the climactic stuff. But somewhere in thefalloutdenouement, things all tumbled apart. And minor as the denouement sounds, you really do have to nail the landing. (Whether the thing that preceded the landing is an aerial gymnastics routine or a fall from a plane without parachute... depends on the project.)
I think I know somewhat of what broke, and therefore somewhat of how to fix, but it's a wee bit like Mal holding the broken part to Serenity's engine. It really doesn't look like it will ever be made to fit without a completely new part / fresh bunch of words. So it's going to be another week or more unless I have a magical amazing brainwave (And the fun thing about writing is, sometimes you *do* have a magical amazing brainwave. Not often enough to count on, though).
Failed to go to archery yesterday to to serious shoulder aches (Just the muscle kind, thank dog. The ongoing shoulder problems I was having before are mostly gone, thanks to some physiotherapy.) Skipping out on choir tonight due to a combination of neckache and the realization that I'm missing church on Sunday anyhow, and right now, I'd *really* rather obsess over music via mandolin practice.
ETA at One AM: So of course, tonight (except for the stint on the Wii Fit) was all going back and doing little revisions and rereads of all the climax-stuff, to make sure I know where the threads are going. So no forward motion yet. Maybe necessary groundwork, maybe just procrastinating. I'm never sure which until i see if it does provide me with momentum.
But I haven't practiced mandolin yet and I'd like to get to bed by 2:30 AM. So...)
Predictably enough, for anyone who knows my usual relationship with deadlines, especially self-imposed, I'm not. (I'm usually close, but rarely on target, and I seem to work best with a final-days crunch. If I ever become a professional, I think the smart thing to do would be to tell the agent to tell me a deadline two weeks before the one the editor has. And then forget I suggested any such thing.)
In this case, I can't really say it's for lack of trying. I have about one scene to go; I've got most of the climactic stuff. But somewhere in the
I think I know somewhat of what broke, and therefore somewhat of how to fix, but it's a wee bit like Mal holding the broken part to Serenity's engine. It really doesn't look like it will ever be made to fit without a completely new part / fresh bunch of words. So it's going to be another week or more unless I have a magical amazing brainwave (And the fun thing about writing is, sometimes you *do* have a magical amazing brainwave. Not often enough to count on, though).
Failed to go to archery yesterday to to serious shoulder aches (Just the muscle kind, thank dog. The ongoing shoulder problems I was having before are mostly gone, thanks to some physiotherapy.) Skipping out on choir tonight due to a combination of neckache and the realization that I'm missing church on Sunday anyhow, and right now, I'd *really* rather obsess over music via mandolin practice.
ETA at One AM: So of course, tonight (except for the stint on the Wii Fit) was all going back and doing little revisions and rereads of all the climax-stuff, to make sure I know where the threads are going. So no forward motion yet. Maybe necessary groundwork, maybe just procrastinating. I'm never sure which until i see if it does provide me with momentum.
But I haven't practiced mandolin yet and I'd like to get to bed by 2:30 AM. So...)
