Mood: Good but a tad bit frustrated.

What I'm Listening to Right Now: Fidelity by Regina Spektor

So I got back to writing today, after the holiday of laziness, and I've realized that my book is front heavy. A lot of stuff happens in the first half of the book, and then not so much happens in the end until the BIG finish.

So I've been writing fun scenes of my characters just being normal, (or as normal as they can be, anyway) and I'm thinking that when I'm done, I'm going to have to go back through and move some things that happen to them from the beginning to the end, although I'm sort of between a rock and a hard place because certain things have to happen at certain times in order for the story to work.

I think tomorrow, which is my day off, (yes, I know taking a day off the day after you start isn't promising but it's the only day I can make work) I'm going to sit down with my pen and notebook and plot some things out. I feel like I need to take a look at everything again, get a grasp of what's going on. I know it sounds crazy but I feel like my characters and their personal lives have taken my plot captive. I need to get the story told while they need to worry about boys and girls. I'm taking it back tomorrow!

So my "off day" technically won't be off, but whatever. Plotting is one of my favorite parts of writing, so I'm not hurting or anything.

Alrighty, it's off to bed with me.

I hope everyone's New Year is going well so far.

P.S. I'll be updating my progress on my little word counter soon, I promise.

-B

Labels: The Book