Posts tagged i want to fix my baby

I hate being in writing limbo. For me, this is where I have a powerful need to write something long, epic, and original but can’t, Or, more simply put, I want to look back over my failed stories and try to resurrect them in a better form (which I’ve done for years. My first epic fantasy took several forms between 2003 and 2011, and it’s still evolving, though each story is different from the previous one). Not to mention that in the past few months I’ve started about three or four other stories, and all of them are suffering from some kind of problem or other that is preventing me from working on them. And it doesn’t help that recently I’ve identified a problem in my stories: namely that I can’t keep my plots focused because they keep flopping around like a fish on dry land. It’s not pretty, and now it’s another writing issue I need to conquer.

I really want to fix my baby, the fantasy story (in two books with an unfinished third book) I’ve worked on since 2007 but have been forced to abandon because it’s turning into something JJ Abrams’ “Lost”: each book has a specific focus and direction, but put together, the story doesn’t make a lick of sense or flow at all. My only cure is to do a complete overhaul and change things, but I’m reluctant to do it.

*sigh*

I feel like a mother with ten children and all of them are recalcitrant, stubborn, and rebellious, ignoring the discipline and continuing to act like little hellions. Gah!

*feels like pulling hair out or throwing laptop into the nearest wall*