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Okay, so I'm working on this project for a company that I'm literally months behind on. I've never been as behind as I am for this thing, due in no small part to the craptastic summer I had. Happily, they largely understood and have been earth-shatteringly patient with me.
I have never had so much creative leeway as I have with this project. It was literally "we want a campaign world to fit in this genre. Make one up and tell me what you've got." It was exhilarating, to say the least. I was so totally hyped about it. Then, of course, life happened, and it ended up on the back burner for a long time. Then I came back to it.
I was still hyped, but I was having a really hard time getting back into the mindset of the thing. I did what I could and I've been writing steadily on it, and now I'm in the home stretch. Only 5K or so words left... and it feels like it might as well be 5 million. It's like being trapped in bullet time and fighting toward the finish line, only every movement is excruciating to take and feels like it's going to send the whole thing spiralling into hell.
I've long since passed the point of telling whether it's any good or not, and I have a great fear of my redlines to come. I'm just keeping on, though, because I've GOT TO GET FINISHED. I owe these people a manuscript, damnit, and no one's goodwill can hold on forever. I just hope it's halfway decent by the time I get done.
Think happy writing thoughts for me, okay?
I have never had so much creative leeway as I have with this project. It was literally "we want a campaign world to fit in this genre. Make one up and tell me what you've got." It was exhilarating, to say the least. I was so totally hyped about it. Then, of course, life happened, and it ended up on the back burner for a long time. Then I came back to it.
I was still hyped, but I was having a really hard time getting back into the mindset of the thing. I did what I could and I've been writing steadily on it, and now I'm in the home stretch. Only 5K or so words left... and it feels like it might as well be 5 million. It's like being trapped in bullet time and fighting toward the finish line, only every movement is excruciating to take and feels like it's going to send the whole thing spiralling into hell.
I've long since passed the point of telling whether it's any good or not, and I have a great fear of my redlines to come. I'm just keeping on, though, because I've GOT TO GET FINISHED. I owe these people a manuscript, damnit, and no one's goodwill can hold on forever. I just hope it's halfway decent by the time I get done.
Think happy writing thoughts for me, okay?
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Date: 2003-11-12 01:56 pm (UTC)From: