And Action…Act II

I finally passed the 14,000 word mark and I’m on to Act I in my current WIP which would have been at 64,000 words if I didn’t scrap it and turn my Historical romance into Women’s fiction. Thanks, Susie!

At first I was literally paralyzed to write when my romance wasn’t working. I had HALF a book on paper and to consider pressing delete and starting over, for someone like me, a slow writer who has to scrounge time (and resist social networking) to get any writing done, was, well, paralyzing. BUT deep inside I knew women’s fiction was the way the story needed to be told.

I just was afraid to try.

Now 14,516 words into it, I’ve passed Act I where I tend to be compulsive about characters and motivation and I’m moving on, giving myself permission to write a lot of crappy dialogue with little action and setting, just to get the momentum flowing again and while I’m rambling on here, I SHOULD be writing. So I bid you farewell, and I’ll see if I can’t crank out another 500 words before my daughter wakes up and I switch gears to mom and homeschooler…er and maid. This house needs some compulsive cleaning!

And if you’re procrastinating your own writing, at least read something worthwhile like Compulsive Editing Disorder and let me know if you relate to any of this!