All last week during the weekday I worked on the first edit of Lapdancing 06. As you saw in my previous post, I take every single sentence, compare it with the ones before and after, decide if any of them should go, as well as make sure they flow correctly...while fixing grammar and everything else. Then I look at the paragraphs as a whole and make sure they fit well or can simply go.
I am around page 100+ on the rough draft, so things are moving forward.
Friday night I worked on Extenuating Circumstances. After working on Diamond all week, I was a bit burned out on her so switched to her sister, LOL.
Saturday I finished up on the first read through of Extenuating Circumstances and hit a proverbial brick wall. It wasn't writer's block, as I knew exactly what I want to write, but it was more lack of interest. I felt burned out on Lapdancing, burned out on Extenuating Circumstances, and yet, I WANTED to write...I just couldn't seem to write anything NEW.
I started fishing through stories that I have started, but not finished, and suddenly pulled up Grim Fairy Tales Ch. 03...that piqued my interest. But it was so long since I started 03 (which is longer even than Chapter 05 of Lapdancing, LOL), I figured I should at least skim through Chapters 01 and 02 and get reacquainted with the story.
So I started with Chapter 01. Then I found a few things I wanted to change. Then found a few sentences that did not seem to flow. As I sat there wondering what I was thinking when I wrote it, I started editing it...and one thing led to another...and another.
The whole purpose of the story was to sit down and write a chapter in a single day--which I did with Chapters 01 and 02...and it showed! :p So I now have an edited version of Grim Fairy Tales Chapter 01 pending approval on Literotica. The story hasn't changed, but this version flows a lot better. Then I started on Chapter 02, LOL.
Never did get to Chapter 03, but with the "funk" I was feeling on writing anything "new" this was a good diversion and let me at least fix some things I found broken...
All I can say is I followed my Muse this weekend and she led me to several things...so it was progress--on two new stories and one old--but it was at least progress.
By Sunday I was burned out of writing and took the day off. Started watching Defiance series...which I knew I would like, just haven't bothered watching...and was a couch potato all day, LOL!
Sounds like you had a relaxing Sunday and I would hope you take more time for yourself and just write when your Muse calls...No rush on the stories.
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