I've mentioned a few times
before that I wanted to finish the first draft of my current work in
progress by the end of August or by September 12th at the latest.
Unfortunately that's not going to happen.
Between
working 10 hours days the last week of August and doing only the bare
minimum of writing last week (the 100 words per day required for the 100
day challenge) so I could enjoy the holiday and visits with family, I
haven't meet my 25 page a week goal the last 2 weeks. I want to say this
isn't an excuse, but if I'm honest with myself, it is. I had time to
squeeze in more writing than just 100 or so words each day last week,
but I didn't.
I
only have about 50 pages give or take a few and the manuscript will be
complete so one would think I'd be chomping at the bit to write those
last pages and write "The End," but for some reason I'm not. I can't
really say why I'm not rushing to finish. It's not like once I finish
it, I'll be done with it. This is only the first draft so there will a
lot of revisions/rewriting ahead of me.
I
don't know why I'm dragging my feet. Part of me wants to tie
everything up and write The End, but part of me doesn't. It's not like I
don't have an idea for the next book - I've been jotting down character
sketches, scenes, and the like for the next book as they appear in my
mind for the last month or more.
Maybe
it's because I really like these characters. Maybe it's because I know
the first set of revisions are going to require a lot of work - someone I
didn't expect turned out to be the villain, not the person I thought it
was so I'm going to have to go back and lay the ground work for that so
it doesn't come out of left field for the reader. Or maybe it's because
I know I'm not going to even attempt shopping it around after the
revisions are done until the first full week of January or so.
Do you ever find yourself dragging your feet about something that you once looked forward to?
