You know, I started this blog because I wanted to talk about my writing. Except, it’s not quite turned out that way. I’ll admit, I’m quite reticent when it comes to actually giving voice to whatever project I’m working on. I suppose it’s because I don’t like discussing it until it’s finished. That and I’m worried I’ll give away the plot before the book’s even published!
They are valid reasons to be concerned (for me, anyway), but I suppose the real problem is that I take ages to actually do anything. Right now, I’m working on the flashback sequences that run throughout Serial Psyence. I’m not entirely happy with the first one, so I think I’ll be going back to the drawing board before I start the actual writing, plus I think the plotting is a little weak for the main character’s motivations, but that’ll be fixed before I come round to writing that bit.
I guess that’s why I like to plan my stories from beginning to end. It gives me time to flesh out the story until I have a cohesive whole. I didn’t do that at first for Liberator’s Ruin, and to me, that’s kind of obvious. I think the first few chapters are pretty weak, though it does get better later.
I am, of course, my own worst critic.
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