I’ve been very quiet. Words have been hard to come by for the past week.
That’s not exactly true, though. I’ve been doing quite a bit of writing, but most of it really falls into summary. My outline is coming along, though not having done one before (at least when it comes to story-writing), I’m not sure if I’m doing it right. Is it too detailed? Is it not detailed enough? Given what I think I know of the characters involved, do I think this scene is consistent with how they would act? Is this scene even necessary? Does it move the plot along or reveal anything important?
Quite a lot of questions for a story not even properly begun. I’ve never been an incredibly patient person. I also have a tendency to edit myself as I go through a story and I think these questions in some sense are related to that. However, that’s gotten me stuck before, so maybe I should stop second-guessing myself at every step of the process. Perhaps once I start the real writing those questions will get answered.
I just have to put something down first.
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