Almost positive
Jun. 6th, 2006 11:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katiefooleryI’ve been reading through Black Fiddle in a desperate attempt to inspire myself to get started on that demmed elusive second draft... and it’s not that bad. Whenever I’m distanced from the manuscript, I always manage to convince myself that it’s horrible, that I’ll never have a chance of salvaging anything I’ve written because of its pure and unmitigated crapitude.
But I’m wrong.
Yes, the first section is pretty much expendable, but the later bits are a great deal better. Both Jeannie and Cianan keep saying things that make me laugh out loud, or snigger at the very least. And even the rubbishy bits aren’t as depressing as they should be, because I can see how they can be improved. The most cheering part of the whole process is seeing that much of what I’ve written can actually stay!
For the most part, I’m just glad to see that I still love this story and the characters within it. Their stories are every bit as important to me now as they were back when I first wrote the draft. One of the most enjoyable aspects of the re-read is that I know things now that I didn’t know when I was first writing characters such as Sheilagh and Fergal. And now that I know what I didn’t know but needed to know, well, I know a lot more. And that’s good to know.
I’m almost feeling positive about actually making a start on the second draft.
But I’m wrong.
Yes, the first section is pretty much expendable, but the later bits are a great deal better. Both Jeannie and Cianan keep saying things that make me laugh out loud, or snigger at the very least. And even the rubbishy bits aren’t as depressing as they should be, because I can see how they can be improved. The most cheering part of the whole process is seeing that much of what I’ve written can actually stay!
For the most part, I’m just glad to see that I still love this story and the characters within it. Their stories are every bit as important to me now as they were back when I first wrote the draft. One of the most enjoyable aspects of the re-read is that I know things now that I didn’t know when I was first writing characters such as Sheilagh and Fergal. And now that I know what I didn’t know but needed to know, well, I know a lot more. And that’s good to know.
I’m almost feeling positive about actually making a start on the second draft.