Comments on: Pity Party of One, please http://writerunboxed.com/2006/11/22/pity-party-of-one-please/ about the craft and business of fiction Tue, 22 May 2012 08:55:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kate http://writerunboxed.com/2006/11/22/pity-party-of-one-please/#comment-1716 Kate Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:12:56 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/11/22/pity-party-of-one-please/#comment-1716 Hi Kathleen - I feel your pain! There's no way I'll finish NaNo now, either, and my story is SO bad, I'm not sure I want to spend another week working on it. (I just started another that I like much better - I'd rather write like crazy on that one than waste time and energy on one that has too much going against it.) By the way, just stumbled onto your blog via another blog, and am glad I did. Good job! :) Hi Kathleen – I feel your pain! There’s no way I’ll finish NaNo now, either, and my story is SO bad, I’m not sure I want to spend another week working on it. (I just started another that I like much better – I’d rather write like crazy on that one than waste time and energy on one that has too much going against it.)

By the way, just stumbled onto your blog via another blog, and am glad I did. Good job! :)

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]]> By: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2006/11/22/pity-party-of-one-please/#comment-1714 Kathleen Bolton Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:03:21 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/11/22/pity-party-of-one-please/#comment-1714 Thanks, guys. I hate my story right now because it seems vapid, confused, stilted....I could go on. But you're right, Eric, at least I've only invested three weeks into it instead of a year! :-) Maybe I'll feel differently about it after NaNo. Hang in, Elena. The Turkey Trot's almost over. Thanks, guys. I hate my story right now because it seems vapid, confused, stilted….I could go on. But you’re right, Eric, at least I’ve only invested three weeks into it instead of a year! :-) Maybe I’ll feel differently about it after NaNo.

Hang in, Elena. The Turkey Trot’s almost over.

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]]> By: Elena Greene http://writerunboxed.com/2006/11/22/pity-party-of-one-please/#comment-1707 Elena Greene Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:29:11 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/11/22/pity-party-of-one-please/#comment-1707 Virtual hugs, Kathleen! Maybe now you just have to figure out why you hate it? The thing that has (rather miraculously) worked for me so far is that I have told myself NOT to take my NaNo story seriously. My muse cooperates so much better sans pressure. Your mileage may vary, of course. Now I just have to get away from the family circus so I can get back to work again. (whine, whine) Virtual hugs, Kathleen!

Maybe now you just have to figure out why you hate it?

The thing that has (rather miraculously) worked for me so far is that I have told myself NOT to take my NaNo story seriously. My muse cooperates so much better sans pressure. Your mileage may vary, of course.

Now I just have to get away from the family circus so I can get back to work again. (whine, whine)

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]]> By: Eric http://writerunboxed.com/2006/11/22/pity-party-of-one-please/#comment-1699 Eric Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:48:22 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/11/22/pity-party-of-one-please/#comment-1699 Kathleen, I'm in the same boat. Don't feel bad. I didn't flesh out my characters enought to complete some of my scenes. I really need to go back and invest more time drumming up material about my characters. That's what it comes down to; More time. And if that's what it takes, that's what it takes. The bright side is that NaNo showed me where my characters were weak. If I had just putzed along at my normal pace, it might have taken me a year to realize what NaNo forced me to see in a few weeks. So one way to look at it might be... NaNo helped you to realize that you hate your story. Better to spend a few weeks making that realization than years! Kathleen, I’m in the same boat. Don’t feel bad. I didn’t flesh out my characters enought to complete some of my scenes. I really need to go back and invest more time drumming up material about my characters. That’s what it comes down to; More time.

And if that’s what it takes, that’s what it takes. The bright side is that NaNo showed me where my characters were weak. If I had just putzed along at my normal pace, it might have taken me a year to realize what NaNo forced me to see in a few weeks.

So one way to look at it might be… NaNo helped you to realize that you hate your story. Better to spend a few weeks making that realization than years!

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