Question: Anybody else get this?

[Jake E]

You write an entire chapter, takes you several days, and at the end of it you place the final full stop and think:

"Yup, I'm goin to have to rewrite that entire chapter in the second draft"

J

 

[Hannah F]

Been there.

 

[Bloo✒️]

Done that.

 

[Vagabond Heart]

Lol, jealous - wish I knew as soon as I placed that full stop, instead of weeks later and after writing more follow-on chapters that now need rewriting too.

 

[MattScho]

The great thing is that after you've completely rewritten it in a second draft, it's done forever.

 

[RK Wallis]

The great thing is that after you've completely rewritten it in a second draft, it's done forever.

Totally this. Each time I read through, I'm making a list of what I need to revisit - that gets unwieldy!

 

[Barbara]

I get this with entire books .....

 

[MattScho]

I get this with entire books .....

my current state of being. at least I've only got 3 full MS to deal with right now.

 

[Barbara]

my current state of being. at least I've only got 3 full MS to deal with right now.

Not sure which emoji to give your post. The hug, the scream, the, like, the laugh, or the sad.

Hang on, have one of these:

 

[MattScho]

Not sure which emoji to give your post. The hug, the scream, the, like, the laugh, or the sad.

Hang on, have one of these:

Yeah, I really want to start a fourth one...

 

[Jake E]

Yeah, I really want to start a fourth one...

Ah, yes.
I've got that itch too. Not even finished with one and I'm already plotting out to new stories in my head.

 

[MattScho]

Ah, yes.
I've got that itch too. Not even finished with one and I'm already plotting out to new stories in my head.

The best part of writing is that point of pure creation. Just you and an empty page. Anything can happen. It's a Disney magical time.
This stage is hard. It's more like the magic that sucks out a piece of your soul each time you draw upon it.
The Disney magic phase is better than crack. The soul-sucking phase is jonesing when the supply has run dry.
That said, even when the Disney is flowing, you know you're gonna have to get clean at some point.

 

[Serra K]

You write an entire chapter, takes you several days, and at the end of it you place the final full stop and think:

"Yup, I'm goin to have to rewrite that entire chapter in the second draft"

J

Never. Everything I write is pure gold, first try. Not...lol

 

[Jonny]

Been there.

Done that.

Bought the t-shirt.

 

[Dorm Ant]

Ah, yes.
I've got that itch too. Not even finished with one and I'm already plotting out to new stories in my head.

I blame Inkarnate.

 

[Jonny]

I opened Inkarnate once, and before I knew it, it was three days later.

Having to return to the real world was something of a cruel wrench. See, thing was, I was on the prow of my galleon adrift in a lilac sea where dyresnakes surged around the hull and treacherous sirens sang bewitching songs from the craggy rocks.

To tell the truth I might have still been there only Mrs Jonny turned on the telly.

Ant and bloody Dec killed my adventure stone dead.

 

[Brayati]

Writing is rewriting, and then rewriting, and then rewriting, and then rewriting, and rewriting, and rewriting, and ...
Got to Whoa ... Damn, forgot something, have to go back and rewrite from Go and ditch all the previous rewriting.

 

[MattScho]

Bought the t-shirt.

I would probably buy that tee-shirt. Esp as buying it would help me procrastinate a bit more