I warn you, I had the idea for this fic some time around 2006 :-) Disciplined for short periods and then it goes to hell sounds very familiar. Somehow this time I might actually be feeling I could be on the home straight, but the intervening period has had its longueurs...
The big advantage of finishing one novel would be finishing one novel
This I think is certainly true. My first (original) novel, was frankly crap. I suppose I learnt to keep going. I also learnt you can't polish a turd. And at greater remove I can see that it was doomed because I wasn't really interested in the central story, so much as the bits on the side, i.e. that you should probably pick which of the multiple plot threads you like best and not have that as the D plot. I think I've got that sorted better this time round, and with plot-lines that I'm actually interested in have learned more about handling them.
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on 2015-12-23 07:24 pm (UTC)The big advantage of finishing one novel would be finishing one novel
This I think is certainly true. My first (original) novel, was frankly crap. I suppose I learnt to keep going. I also learnt you can't polish a turd. And at greater remove I can see that it was doomed because I wasn't really interested in the central story, so much as the bits on the side, i.e. that you should probably pick which of the multiple plot threads you like best and not have that as the D plot. I think I've got that sorted better this time round, and with plot-lines that I'm actually interested in have learned more about handling them.