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For the first time since I started my Write Every Day Without Fail drive two months ago, I stopped. I more than stopped: I crashed.
It wasn't a plot derailment so much as discovering I was in unknown territory, discovering that I had to know more. I needed a map! So I dove back into the research. When was a particular play performed? Who played what role? How was it received?
It's simply amazing what one can find out on Google Book: I was enchanted, staggering from one ancient text to another, making fantastic discoveries ... but I wasn't writing.
I looked at my schedule for the two months ahead — I am exactly mid-way: interesting that I should crash now — and realized I was in danger of not finishing the draft. I regrouped, got some sleep, told my husband I would recover ... and began again.
Today: over 2000 words, and a chapter behind me. Tomorrow I should be able to finish another. I'm on the road to recovery.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
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2 comments:
So very easy to do, getting lost in research! Glad you are getting back up to speed.
What a dangerous combination - the pull of research while in the middle of a manuscript. That's exactly where I am! Glad to hear you - literally - came out the other side! Can't wait to read!
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