tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12358930.post4821885893678221514..comments2024-03-26T22:31:45.715+08:00Comments on Something Sticky This Way Comes: Progress! ...?Michael McClunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14708067144914238641noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12358930.post-69871398679315854412011-05-08T22:48:15.080+08:002011-05-08T22:48:15.080+08:00Thanks, guys. I may have to work on it physically ...Thanks, guys. I may have to work on it physically separated from the written chapters. it's like a compulsion to go back and tweak...Michael McClunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708067144914238641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12358930.post-2383756870905806652011-05-08T11:38:16.284+08:002011-05-08T11:38:16.284+08:00Unless it's a BIG mistake I need to fix, I don...Unless it's a BIG mistake I need to fix, I don't let myself edit until it's done. It's hard sometimes, but much less of a headache!Fox Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05487359877190292039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12358930.post-10414070543206514612011-05-08T01:02:30.805+08:002011-05-08T01:02:30.805+08:00You can always skip forward a scene or two to the ...You can always skip forward a scene or two to the next bit you're looking forward to writing. Once you've finished the draft, it's not hard to smooth out the break.K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12358930.post-91864697605312826342011-05-07T15:23:54.871+08:002011-05-07T15:23:54.871+08:00Step out of editing mode. No more reading your sto...Step out of editing mode. No more reading your story. Open a new file for the next chapter if you need to. Someone once suggested making the first draft (ie what you've already written) font invisible, white on white. Which I thought was cool. Never tried it though.Deborah Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120928766455872439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12358930.post-33714618368606769322011-05-06T22:21:22.114+08:002011-05-06T22:21:22.114+08:00Ummm... haha. I am not sure what to tell you. STOP...Ummm... haha. I am not sure what to tell you. STOP GOING BACK!! Perhaps you can rig up some sort of boxing glove on a spring so it can knock you in the head every time you go back to your previous files. I think editing.. or even re-reading while writing.. is a cursed act. Last night I re-read my last chapter of my WIP to refresh my memory of what was going on, and I only got in like 900 words Meaghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10197729771455348880noreply@blogger.com