Meh

[mistressofmuses]

Today sort of falls under the "this is why mommy drinks" category.

It wasn't *bad*, so it's nothing worth dwelling on. It was just a bit frustrating to deal with the fallout from a bunch of not-really-anyone's-fault errors.

Kind of one of those nothing much to say days.

I kicked ass on writing yesterday getting about 2400 words, which is the most I've gotten in one day for months, I think. Though I ran into a struggle I know I've seen other writers share as #relateable:

Where you're editing or rewriting something, and you decide "ooh, here would be a great place to add this other thing!" only to discover that... you had already added that thing a couple lines/paragraphs/pages later in the first draft.

Sometimes it's as simple as word choice, other times it's new dialogue or an extra scene, etc.

I did it to myself with a whole chunk of conversation, not realizing that a very *similar* conversation took place just a couple pages later. *sigh*

Still wound up all right, as I think my new version was better, and it incorporated a foreshadowing-ish detail that I'd been trying to find a place to add, so I'm happy with it. But I still hate when I do that to myself!

Comments

[olivermoss]

That's a lot of words!

Yeah, writing involves a lot of focusing and tracking to not repeat stuff. And then sometimes, the part you want to write just fits better someplace else.

[scarlipswolfwife]

LOL I've done that thing *a lot* lately with my fics. I'll write it, I'll edit in something, and then I post. Then I re-read it on AO3 and go WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THAT I DID THERE? And then I have to edit again.

[mistressofmuses]

I'm terrible at catching typos after I post. I usually do at least one extra editing pass right before I post, either on google docs (which I use to format it for AO3), or in the preview on AO3... and then I inevitably catch *something* after I've already hit post, haha.

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you! I'm pleased with it!

I even did a reread of the whole first draft, taking notes on what I wanted to change or work in, in the hopes of not doing that to myself... but at this point that reread was a month or two ago, so I've forgotten bits all over again, lol.
But it's true that I think it often works out for the best. Reorganizing scenes or moving dialogue to different sections can change things a lot!