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me: i am doing SO WELL on this new book, the plot and themes are SO CLEAR, i have 50K WORDS, i am THRIVING
agent: ok so show it to me
me: i,,,there are no complete scenes, no complete sentences, the only thing i know about the antagonist is that she's hot, suddenly i can't read
agent: ok so show it to me
me: i,,,there are no complete scenes, no complete sentences, the only thing i know about the antagonist is that she's hot, suddenly i can't read
i can't draft chronologically, and half of my "scenes" are scribbles of actions I think look cool (some consisting only of a single verb) or ominous bits of dialogue I like and will find a way to work in later. it's a messy pantser's process so hard to show ppl in the middle
in one scene they're running drunk through a graveyard and they find a tombstone and i don't know whose tombstone it is or why it's significant they found it but BOY does it sound cool
...and that's the entire drafting process revision happens later
...and that's the entire drafting process revision happens later
i call this writing first the Aesthetic and then the Story, bc i can't write the Story until i'm vibing with it! plotters take a seat.
