I’m in this phase right now where I’m trying to alternate between organizing projects and actual creative projects. Last month, I worked on organizing a notebook for all of my creative notes and projects. This month, I’m back to editing my old nemesis. It’s a cycle that works for the moment.
Tonight, I was working through the opening scene of the novel. I had the first draft and the second draft both open and was going through finding the stronger parts of both, which will eventually (or Thursday, whichever comes first) be woven together to make a stronger scene. But I found a darling that should have died the first time I read over the first draft…but somehow found its way into the second draft.
The night was starting to give way to the dawn when the forest gave way to a clearing.
It will be struck from the next draft if it dares to show its face!
On the up side, that sentence is a brilliant example of why NaNoWriMo is the best writing exercise in the known universe. It gives you permission to write awful sentences, paragraphs, and drafts. It does make the writing process that much easier.
