An Afternoon Off!

Ooh, today I get to take the afternoon off and go write. I'm so excited! It's so rare that I have four hours in a row to devote.

I'm working on a first draft right now. About half done. Funny how I used to think an 8-10 page term paper was SOOO LOOONG and now I write 225 pages and I'm impatient that I haven't gotten more done because my goal is 450, lol.

Anyway, the current scene I'm working on is pissing me off. It's because I haven't fleshed it out enough, so once I do that it will flow better. Still, I always have trouble getting past the middle of a book in the rough draft. I have no idea why. I pay particular attention to that part of the book, making sure nothing sags, there's enough plot, tension, etc. Still it's like pulling hens teeth to get through it the first time. Then I go back and read it and I'm like, "Well, that's actually pretty good." For pete's sake. Some days I have no ability to guage the quality of my writing. All I can do is write and hope it sounds good when I read it tomorrow. Or hope I can fix it!

Perhaps this is some sort of writer's fatigue. All I can do is keep plowing ahead. Besides, everything always looks better on a good night's sleep and a cup of java.