The Writing Project

So what exactly should you do when you notice mistakes? Fix them now or keep writing and fix them later?

So I was looking over my progress and noticed that a few things just didn’t go over too well. One of the arguments between my characters looks painfully stupid. Like, it hurts to even re-read it lol. I need to think that one through a little better. Come up with a juicier argument. Is this something that can wait to be fixed or should I spend the next couple of days stressing myself out over the perfect argument?

There is also another scene that isn’t totally necessary- in regards to the plot, that is. It would probably confuse people when two of the characters just die off, never to be mentioned again. It was funny. Just not totally necessary. Thing is- there has to be SOMETHING there. Something has to fill that gap. Should I worry about that now, or let it go?

Also. I am having a problem. I am not exactly sure how to make time pass. Like, I would like to go from one scene to a week later. I haven’t figured out how to pull it off. In one of my scenes I ended it and immediately picked up at another scene and someone reading it got lost. I don’t want to confuse people. It’s hard to remember that even though I totally get it in my head, not everyone else will. So I have to make things easier to follow. I wish I could find something online about that- that’s probably what I’ll do next- Google it.

I have a horrible confession to make. I do like reading other peoples stuff, I really do. Of course I think words are beautiful, thoughts are beautiful, the way thoughts turn into words and how words come together- awesome. But. I don’t really read much. I read bits and pieces of all kinds of stuff…. I just don’t have the patience to sit and read through an entire novel. It’s not that I don’t like to- it’s that something else always comes up and it’s really hard for me to get back into things after I walk away. So when I read, I sit there for hours just reading. But if I haven’t finished it by the time I have to do something else- I probably never will. That’s awful, isn’t it? I know, I should read more. I know it could really help me with some of these problems I am running into.

Well, that’s all for now.