Wednesday, June 29, 2011

I Hate My Book

I know this is a normal feeling writers have.  I don't care.  My book really does suck. I'm hating it because of what I know it's going to take to fix it.  But right now, I can't even read it.  I'm sick of it.  It's becoming increasingly difficult to get it from scene to scene.  There are choices I made or actually they seemed to just happen that I'm not sure I want to keep.  I hate my main character's name.  I even hate my working title.  I want to edit it so badly.  But I'm only 27,636 words into it.  I just printed out all 88 pages of it and sat down to read it and make some changes.  And I'm exhausted and bored already.  Maybe if I were drunk?  No, I think I'd just probably fall asleep.  Maybe that's what I need.  But see, that's just it--I keep procrastinating and diverting my own attention elsewhere so I don't have to deal with it but I NEED to deal with it.  I must finish this stupid thing if for no other reason than to just say I finished it.  Then, I know, I can do whatever I want with it.  Maybe the edits will be easier then, knowing that at least it has a beginning, middle, and an end.

Okay, I'll go with that.  But I'm still hating it. 

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