Only all the time! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
The whole line just reads wrong for some odd reason and you
know there is a better word
somewhere and it's right on the tip of your tongue...
And there is no blasted way you could
possibly leave it and get back to it, because it will devour all your concentration until it's dealt with...
Writer's Hell <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
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Worse yet, I'm frequently struck with the procrastination demon. I
know I can finish this scene; I have all the words ready to fire -- but they just don't want to come out. My attention keeps getting diverted by something else, and before I know it, two hours have already passed and nothing's gotten done.
Argh.Another quirk is when the story runs away. Take the fanfic linked in my signature. Originally, I set out to write something fairly short. Like ten chapters, maximum. Now what I end up is a lot of plot threads -- fourteen chapters, four interludes and counting. The characters begin to write themselves and sometimes do what I didn't plan for them to do at all. It's fun, and writing such a thing provides as much surprise for me as for the reader, but I despair at the indication of my organizational skill.
