
Feeling discouraged with novel I'm working on.
It's dull and lifeless. Although I continue to plod though, it feels rather clinical and lacking in emotion. Is it even a good idea to continue with it like that.
Have no idea how much progress I've made either. Something over 40K that I've rewritten, but that includes the ball room scenes that I skipped.
The original draft was 62K but this one is longer. How much longer though?
Can't judge how far I am through the story either. For the middle, I've pulled out the nine scenes that make up the main character's plotline, of which I've finished 5. 4 more scenes of them sitting around reading books & talking. Bah.
Maybe it's halfway, maybe it's only a third. I am sick of working on it & there are other fresh, exciting projects that want to be worked on.
I so much want to go back & do the third draft of the pirate one (no, not until I've read the book I bought the other day).
Or a second draft of the split-personality highwayman (no, it was only November when I wrote the first draft, it needs to sit for long).
Or the werewolf one (no, it's aftermath that is interesting, not the actual novel).
Or another rewrite of second part of Shadows (no, not working on that unless some interesting is shown in first part).
Or Silly Novel (no, needs to much work).
I think that's all of them taken care of.
Although mentioning Silly Novel reminds me I wrote it on Fridays, while working on something else the other 6 days, for variety. Maybe...