I finally finished a chapter I’ve been screwing around with for over two weeks. I really can’t waste time like that. I can’t afford to. But it was just “off”. First of all, I had originally conceived the scene to be a love scene, and then found I couldn’t move forward. Later (about a week later :doh: ), I realized it wasn’t the right spot to be intimate. The characters weren’t ready. So I backtracked, let them put on the breaks, and then moved forward in the right direction.
I don’t follow the “every so many pages there needs to be humpings” rule. The Stranger I Married is nearly 200 pages into it before the characters first make love. This story, My Immortal, is now half-way into it and they’ve been together once. I’m perfectly happy with both stories. For these couples, it works. They’re still very erotic stories. For both of them, they require the physical intimacy to move past certain points, but they’re moving forward outside of the bedroom, too, which means sex at this point is gratuitious. And I canna do it.
Sucks that I’m still such a novice that it takes me over two weeks :doh: to figure out why I’m banging my head into the screen, but I’m learning every day. And the fire and joy of writing is still very much with me. I’m grateful that I can see the business end of this career without rose-colored glasses, but still think it’s the best damn job in the world. I love writing so much. I especially love figuring out what I’m doing wrong. That whole “Ah ha!” feeling just :dance:
Good for you!
by Jordan March 30th, 2006 at 1:36 pmI guess it’s all part of the learning process. Be proud of those “aha!” moments because they lead to bigger and better things.
Btw, looking at your sidebar, are you writing more than one book at a time? If so, how do you keep it all straight?
by Stacy ~ March 30th, 2006 at 3:40 pmThey’re so different to me. I couldn’t mix them up. In my head, the characters are real, so mixing them up would be like having a stranger come home as my husband and me not noticing.
by Sylvia:scratch:that’s a rule… oops… guess i don’t follow it either.
Sylvia, i love the new EC cover.
by Shiloh Walker April 6th, 2006 at 10:48 am