I had a pretty good run this lunch time, managed to clear up a couple of nagging issues in my story and write three pages, snippets from various scenes. The issues I managed to clear up were will sappers - those problems that suck the enjoyment out of writing and eventually stop you dead by congealing around you into a block.

The first problem was a physical story issue, how can a human visible sub-people, that have to stay out of sight, travel internationally and at speed without been seen, or teleporting, in some way? And no, not a frikking Griffin, we’re all out of buckbeak clones here.

The other problem I had was more fundamental but I hadn’t really put much thought into it. In fact I hadn’t acknowledged that the problem existed until I’d solved it. Me and my subconscious are going to have serious words about that. Damn stupid thing needs to let me know about these things.

I wasn’t enjoying writing this story anymore.

This wasn’t only the above will sappers, I don’t write stories for kids. I write stuff with with cool weaponry, technology, lots of blood and sex. Which got me thinking. Why don’t I add cool weaponry, technology, lots of blood and hint at sex. I’ve got to baulk the latter or the odds of getting published decline from 0.1% to 0%.

So if I allow myself a greater leeway in the first draft I can enjoy writing it more. The hard work is shifted even more onto the second draft, but hey, that’s assuming I ever finish.

Edit: I’m also way behind schedule. Way behind. So far behind it’s like I just heard about the FSM.

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