Showing posts with label 5 stages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5 stages. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

The 5 stages of drafting

1.  Denial - "This is going to be so easy.  So much easier than the last book."
2.  Anger - "Why isn't this easier?! %&*%&^$$^"
3.  Bargaining - "If I get another 1k written, it will get easier and then I can write a kissing scene."
4.  Depression - "This draft will be horrible.  I've learned nothing about writing a book.  My time would be better spent in the fetal position, eating my hair."
5.  Acceptance - "Yep, this draft will probably be crap, but that's okay.  Crap can be fixed."

I'm at about 30k in book 2, but happy to report I'm at stage 5 of drafting!