Finally an update on Kyrnie
Jun. 30th, 2006 10:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marfiskOkay, I've been very bad about updates on Kyrnie, mostly because it's going very slowly. I did finish rewriting the first chapter. It's quite different than any of the earlier drafts. It may focus too much on her brother...or it may not. I'll have to see how it goes all together. And I did manage to get the new part through an edit pass so it's no longer raw. I've also started working on editing the part that I haven't recently rewritten, but made a very small dent in the second chapter.
I guess I'm dealing with multiple issues here and am foolishly letting them affect this edit.
This novel is a complex intersection of three cultures, rife with conflict, myth and misunderstandings.
I don't think it's so much that I've lost interest in the story as that I've lost confidence in my ability to do it justice. Yep, that's right. I'm intimidated by my own story :p. This has a bit of a history in that I came to writing not as a writer, but as a story teller. At this point my mechanics are decent, but my oral story-telling still manages to make things come alive that I struggle to place on the page. The only difference between me and someone who came to writing first is that I _know_ I can convey it better...except I can't.
That said, expect to see at least weekly updates here. I'm setting a goal of one chapter a week and plan to make it no matter what. I've succeeded for this week though not in the way I wanted (reedited the first chapter instead), and I plan to keep making it.
And stats:
90 scenes
3 complete - 3% of the novel
87 Scenes remain
5276 Current Total
I guess I'm dealing with multiple issues here and am foolishly letting them affect this edit.
This novel is a complex intersection of three cultures, rife with conflict, myth and misunderstandings.
I don't think it's so much that I've lost interest in the story as that I've lost confidence in my ability to do it justice. Yep, that's right. I'm intimidated by my own story :p. This has a bit of a history in that I came to writing not as a writer, but as a story teller. At this point my mechanics are decent, but my oral story-telling still manages to make things come alive that I struggle to place on the page. The only difference between me and someone who came to writing first is that I _know_ I can convey it better...except I can't.
That said, expect to see at least weekly updates here. I'm setting a goal of one chapter a week and plan to make it no matter what. I've succeeded for this week though not in the way I wanted (reedited the first chapter instead), and I plan to keep making it.
And stats:
90 scenes
3 complete - 3% of the novel
87 Scenes remain
5276 Current Total
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Date: 2006-07-01 09:53 pm (UTC)Of course you're going to get it done!
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Date: 2006-07-01 11:47 pm (UTC)And thanks. On good days, I believe in me too. Actually, to be honest, I believe in me every day. It's just this book that's driving me nuts.