Anybody else working on a novel?This is the absolutely worst, and I hate every second of it. It’s like I’m in a fight with my brain every day to start writing, then dealing with imposter syndrome the whole time I am writing, and then facing mental exhaustion that eventually forces me to stop. I’m nearing 100k words, and I just want this to be over.I do think it’s good, though. I built a tight outline, and I’ve stuck to it. Maybe that’s part of why it feels like work, since it’s all architecture like factory work.
Yeah. Finished at about 57k words and felt it was truly unredeemable. So much so that I put off editing it for months. Finally went back, and lo and behold, it might be salvageable. About to finish the first edit. Needs a second, but fellas, we might have a book on our hands
>>24822468Nice, dawg. Keep going.
Yup. It's really hard to fill in the details and logic between the scenes that are already in my head and also to find that cohesive thread that wraps it all together tightly. But I think I'm on to something
I wrote a first draft because I wanted to kill myself. Finished it, tried and didn't have success. Reread the draft later and thought it was shit, I can't even look at it without cringing. The idea is good tho and one day I'll come back to it. For now I'm a year into a new novel (70k words so far, 60% of the story) and I do think this one is good. I wake up early every day so I can have at least an hour to write, it became like watering a plant to me. I don't want to die anymore
>>24822271Yes, several One is extremely long and complex and most likely going to be for my eyes only because I really do not want to compromise on anything for it I have one (picrel) that I want to publish as I am nearing completion (110k words or so). It pastiches high fantasy quest narratives to explore the theme of childhood overmedication and overpathologizing pedagogy within public school systems. I'm actually really excited about this one because I believe it has genuine potential, given I find it pretty funny and the prose style being somewhat complex but not obscurantist and the tackling of increasingly relevant themes. That, and the state of literary fiction in this day and age is dire, too focused on autofiction; they lack the ability to actually write compelling narrative with characters different from themselves.
I'm just writing short stories for money, and so far, I've only won one contest, but all I got was a cheap Android tablet lmao
>>24822650I've read shit like Cărtărescu, Carrére, Lobo Antunes, Ballard...and this is laughably bad.
>>24822650it's very nice, anon. but that first sentence is probably overdone and will make people skip the rest.
>>24822650You sound like an insane person and your writing is impenetrably dense. But good luck with your writing, keep it up!
>>24822650>slender vinylas opposed to thick?
>>24822744I collect vinyl. There are different weights. Older cheaper vinyl is notoriously flimsy and slender. >>24822731Thanks, but I don't think it's dense at all. It requires some measure of thought, but it's not Pynchon. >>24822696Opinion discarded
>>24822271writers get an advance from the publisher, & need to complete the novel in a few weeks? u need to be busy
>>24822845>There are different weights.they're all slender, dude
>>24822271>This is the absolutely worst, and I hate every second of it. It’s like I’m in a fight with my brain every day to start writing,This is how I feel trying to just write a short story. It is a fight I lose every time.A novel seems like an insurmountable challenge.
>>24822874compared to my cock, sure. but, again, vinyl have varying degrees of thickness
>>24822908>vinyl have varying degrees of thicknessenough to warrant a distinction in your already-overwritten goofball novel?
>>24822271My issue is that I feel confident in my ability to write, in my prose and all that. I just can't come up with a plot to save my lifeI am considering partnering with someone who comes up with the plot and I write the actual bulk of the novel
When I get a little tense sometimes I just grab a knife and slash myself a couple dozens times across my chest and thighs and upper arms where it's easily hidden. Very cathartic.
>>24822271It's because you are forcing yourself to write a book without having anything to say. First you need to have something to say, AFTER you write a book.
>>24823217I wrote 100k words to say you’re a bitch.
