A brief writing rant (in the form of six tweets)

[POSTSCRIPT added below.]

Rant: THIS BOOK IS MAKING ME CRAZY. I CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HELL HAPPENS IN IT. #amwriting

— Kelly Sedinger (@Jaquandor) January 3, 2015

I have this big pile of ideas but no real notion of how they interconnect to form a STORY. #amwriting

— Kelly Sedinger (@Jaquandor) January 3, 2015

I have almost 45000 words, some of which feel right, others of which don't. It's KILLING me. Times like this I HATE writing. #amwriting

— Kelly Sedinger (@Jaquandor) January 3, 2015

I can't do my usual "back up to where the book last felt right" trick because it doesn't feel completely WRONG right now. #amwriting

— Kelly Sedinger (@Jaquandor) January 3, 2015

So I'm kind of in this odd position of just making random shit happen in the hopes that a real IDEA somehow emerges. UGH. #amwriting

— Kelly Sedinger (@Jaquandor) January 3, 2015

(No crisis of faith here, though…I KNOW KNOW KNOW that there's gonna be a REALLY GOOD book out of all this kvetching!) #amwriting

— Kelly Sedinger (@Jaquandor) January 3, 2015

POSTSCRIPT:

On the other hand, for all that kvetching and rending of teeth and gnashing of garments, I have actual numbers from the first few days of 2015:

Uncertainty is an interesting thing, innit?

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