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nanowrimo_ljIs anyone else struggling with a diagnosed generalized anxiety disorder and trying to do NaNo? How about completely paralyzed by plot holes? I was stuck on a particular part of my novel last night so when I went to bed I made the mistake of talking about it with MY STUPID HUSBAND, hoping he would help talk me through it. Instead (completely unintentionally, I know... he doesn't quite get that NaNo is supposed to be quantity over quality) he pointed out all of my OTHER plot holes.
Now that anxiety disorder is kicking in, the same one that makes all other decisions impossible, and I'm really struggling to write a single word.
What do you do to get past it?
Now that anxiety disorder is kicking in, the same one that makes all other decisions impossible, and I'm really struggling to write a single word.
What do you do to get past it?
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Date: 2009-11-03 07:57 pm (UTC)I don't care if your name is William F. Shakespeare, the first thing that dumps from your brain onto the page is going to suck. It's not until you go back and edit your work will it become something good.
So don't worry about plot holes and shallow characters, EXPECT plot holes and shallow characters, because that's what all first drafts are like.