I’ve been listening to ‘Dancing For The Rain’ by Rise Against for the last three days. Not non-stop, but it’s made frequent appearances in my playlist rotation. I’m infatuated with the song, and I used it to write the end of my most recent WIP revision. And I love the end of this story, and I never love how my stories end.
Problem is, I don’t love the middle. It’s going down the same path as before – it’s boring.
Speaking of, after yesterday’s debacle, Scott has agreed that if I let him come back, he’ll be more himself. I still haven’t decided the nature of his relationship, but after the mouthing off, he’ll probably end up single at the end of the story. Though I may introduce him to someone cute in LA just before it all concludes. Whether or not he has anything to do with Max is up to Zach at this point. Because I already know what Max’s answer is – she and I discussed it depth last night.
/tangent
So my story is boring. I can see it happening. I cringe when I write it because it’s so bad. And to fix the issue, I’ve imposed a novel revision hiatus on myself. I don’t read enough. I’m so out of the loop right now that I don’t even know if anyone writes contemporary fiction from the POV of middle-class white men in their mid-late twenties. Think…’Microserfs’ or ‘High Fidelity’. Does anyone write books like that any more? That’s what I’m going to discover.
At the same time, I’m going to watch the new ‘Wall Street’ movie this weekend, along with ‘The Social Network’ because I have to know how someone makes corporate America interesting enough to be that kind of movie.
And once I’ve innundated myself with these things, then I will return to writing my story.
What do you do to refresh your ideas when it seems like even your favorite thoughts fall flat on paper?
We’re stuck in the same boat! I hate my beginning AND middle so I’m rewriting/heavily revising them . . . and grounded myself from Twitter/Facebook until I get the beginning done. :\ It’s working, though! I work instead of goof off. 😀
Good luck with your revising hiatus! I hope it all works out in the end.
I tend to go and work on other things. I write a short story, or review other stuff and then I usually find with enough space, the knots are worked out.
It doesn’t always work though…. What I write in my head always sounds better than it does in black and white.
Good luck with the hiatus. I struggle with the endings of novels because I have the least practice with it. I’ve started at least 10 of them but I’ve only finished 3 novels so far.
Sometimes a break is good. You’ll come back refreshed and ready to tackle the challenge.
@Ashelynn – good luck to you too. I bet the revised product will be amazing ^_^
@Dawn & Kate – I definitely think walking away is what I need to do. But only for a little while 😀 (As in, it calls to me already).