Writing

I didn’t get much writing done last week, then last night I wrote a page (single spaced) in about an hour. And another page (longhand) on the ride in to work this morning. Haven’t done anything so far this evening since I pretty much crashed right after dinner. I can’t wait for ‘crunch time’ to end at work.

I’ve been wondering why this—my 6th attempt at writing an erotic romance novella—is going so well (discounting the work-related stress/exhaustion that has me writing in fits and starts). And I realized it because this time around I’m actually sucked into the ‘adventure’ storyline and the emotional stakes of the characters.

On each previous attempt to write this type of story, I would focus on the ‘sex’: it had to be paramount; happen early and often. But within 3 pages I’d shut down creatively and be bored with the story. With this story I’ve set up a conceit/premise that will facilitate lots of boinking, etc., but the world building and characters arcs are what’s holding my attention. In any medium, including real life, sex gets pretty boring if it’s the only thing going on.

Since I opened my big mouth this morning and asked if anyone wanted to join in in a book-in-a-week challenge (you don’t really write a book in a week, just as much as you can) I guess I should open up the doc and at least transcribe this morning’s notes before hitting the hay fo’ real, yo.

So far, Cece, April, Steph and Jordan have joined in the biaw. Anyone else up for it? If I can make my tired ass write, so can you.

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Later gator