![]() ![]() This has helped me through some very tough spots in my rough draft. I know it sounds awful, but the point of it is just to spew those words onto the page and clean up the mess later. ![]() What should we do? This is what a group of us authors like to call “vomit” writing. Because all that fact-checking was pulling me away from getting the story down. The best mode of operation would be to insert a little note-I color the font red so it sticks out-and then I return to it when I’m in editing mode. ![]() For example, were metal folding chairs around in 1924? They weren’t, but that’s a simple fact I could’ve saved for later. In writing historical romance, it’s way too easy to get caught up in research. Total time waster.Īnother mistake I’ve made was allowing myself to get sidetracked. I spent all that time editing portions which ended up on the cutting floor. But guess what? After I finished the jotting down the entire story, I had to go back and trim scenes that didn’t fit. Meaning after I wrote a scene, I spent lots of time editing it, perfecting the dialog, refining the descriptions. See, I wanted to build the castle as I went. It’s been said that writing the first draft can be likened to tossing all the sand in the sandbox and then going back and building the castle. And by doing that, I made several key mistakes. I wanted the words I logged to be pretty, for the manuscript to appear clean. For the longest time, I struggled with this reality. It wouldn’t be called a ‘rough’ draft unless the draft is … well … rough. Makes sense, right? But this can’t always be the case-especially when writing a first draft of a novel. As a creative, I am most comfortable (and satisfied!) when what I create actually looks nice. ![]()
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