Yep. Â I’m wiped out. Â I pushed too hard again, am facing a possible setback that I won’t get into yet, and just am burned out at the moment. Â What’s worse is that I want to start working on book 2 but just cannot find the handle I thought I had, so I may have sunk too deep into the philosophical and just need to say “Screw you, plotline! Â I’m pantsing the hell out of this book too!”
It’s even affecting my posts as I have now shelved 3 of them I’ve started that got too deep into the philosophical end of the pool and I realized I didn’t know what I was babbling about. Â So you get this one instead. Â Maybe I’m just trying too hard.
I know where I need to be at the end, I just don’t know where to start or how to get there. Â It’s like waking up in the trunk of a car at an unknown airport. Â I know I need to get home, but first I have to figure out where I am and then how to pay for the tickets without a wallet.
On a positive note, my copy of The Story Grid showed up and I’m reading it. Â Some good stuff which will probably help me out of this hole relatively quickly.
I’m sorry you’re going through a rough spot. I’ve found that stepping away from a work for a day or two usually helps. (And honestly, I think your willingness to pants it might also get you started! Sometimes it works for me.)
Thanks for the encouragement. 🙂
Book 1 and 3 were pantsed till the last section when I had to do a flowchart for all the threads I had going on. But I also need to consider what my Foolscap summary is going to contain and not to mention re-focus on the fundamentals of the story. Book 2 was unplanned because I did not expect a character (Brother Finn) to become as popular as he did, and it fits in the timeline I have.