![]() I know it sounds awful, but the point of it is just to spew those words onto the page and clean up the mess later. What should we do? This is what a group of us authors like to call “vomit” writing. ![]() Because all that fact-checking was pulling me away from getting the story down. The best mode of operation would be to insert a little note-I color the font red so it sticks out-and then I return to it when I’m in editing mode. For example, were metal folding chairs around in 1924? They weren’t, but that’s a simple fact I could’ve saved for later. In writing historical romance, it’s way too easy to get caught up in research. Total time waster.Īnother mistake I’ve made was allowing myself to get sidetracked. I spent all that time editing portions which ended up on the cutting floor. But guess what? After I finished the jotting down the entire story, I had to go back and trim scenes that didn’t fit. Meaning after I wrote a scene, I spent lots of time editing it, perfecting the dialog, refining the descriptions. See, I wanted to build the castle as I went. It’s been said that writing the first draft can be likened to tossing all the sand in the sandbox and then going back and building the castle. And by doing that, I made several key mistakes. I wanted the words I logged to be pretty, for the manuscript to appear clean. For the longest time, I struggled with this reality. It wouldn’t be called a ‘rough’ draft unless the draft is … well … rough. Makes sense, right? But this can’t always be the case-especially when writing a first draft of a novel. ![]() As a creative, I am most comfortable (and satisfied!) when what I create actually looks nice.
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