Comments on: The ‘I Hate My Story’ Syndrome https://www.jackieashenden.com/the-i-hate-my-story-syndrome/ Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:25:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Renee Silvana https://www.jackieashenden.com/the-i-hate-my-story-syndrome/#comment-4889 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:25:50 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=299#comment-4889 I can’t tell you how many stories I’ve abandoned 3/4 of the way through. So true…

]]> By: Jackie Ashenden https://www.jackieashenden.com/the-i-hate-my-story-syndrome/#comment-4888 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:58:14 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=299#comment-4888 Caroline – lol!!

]]> By: Caroline https://www.jackieashenden.com/the-i-hate-my-story-syndrome/#comment-4887 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:45:20 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=299#comment-4887 All the time Jackie – all the time. ‘Nuff said. Caroline x

]]> By: Jackie Ashenden https://www.jackieashenden.com/the-i-hate-my-story-syndrome/#comment-4886 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 03:52:10 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=299#comment-4886 Maya – hey! Yeah, I tried that. But you know what happened? I found I was trying to make the story join up to the scene I’d written, which was me again dictating how the story would go. Sigh. No, my only way through is to keeping writing through the crappy bit and eventually find the good bits again.
And thanks for the faith m’dear. 🙂

]]> By: Maya https://www.jackieashenden.com/the-i-hate-my-story-syndrome/#comment-4885 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:54:19 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=299#comment-4885 Trust me, you’re not alone! My tip, or process I guess, is to write one or two later scenes (I’ve been known to write the HEA scene even before starting Chap 1, ahem…) then join them up later.

The urge (or pressure, lol) to get to the later scene helps keep me focused. Also, if I can picture exactly where they h&h will end up, I can, albeit slowly and painfully, connect the dots and slog through the general crappiness of first drafts. Keep going, hon. You can do it!

]]> By: Jackie Ashenden https://www.jackieashenden.com/the-i-hate-my-story-syndrome/#comment-4884 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:19:22 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=299#comment-4884 Helen – ah, a woman after my own heart! Glad to hear I’m not alone in this (not that I really thought I was mind) and it strikes even the best of us (schadenfreude? Moi). Yep, boring, dull, cliched. The works. I really am beginning to think that editing is my favourite part of the process.

]]> By: Helen Lacey https://www.jackieashenden.com/the-i-hate-my-story-syndrome/#comment-4883 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:36:44 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=299#comment-4883 Ah Jackie, don’t feel alone. I’m a 3/4 girl myself. Always have doubts three quarters of the way through (ask Bec) Think the book stinks, my characters are cliched, my story is boring … the usual nightmare. Has that changed since getting the Call? Nope. Just part of a writer’s makeup I think. And if we didn;t think that, we wouldn’t strive to re-work, edit, revise etc to make our stories sparkle.
Great post!

]]> By: Jackie Ashenden https://www.jackieashenden.com/the-i-hate-my-story-syndrome/#comment-4882 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:53:12 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=299#comment-4882 Suzanne – awww thanks for reading! I’m trying not to think about that. But as to the WIP…it IS very meh.

]]> By: Suzanne Jones https://www.jackieashenden.com/the-i-hate-my-story-syndrome/#comment-4881 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:34:52 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=299#comment-4881 Hugs, Jackie. I’m sure your WIP is fab.

Love your NV chapter.

XX

]]> By: Jackie Ashenden https://www.jackieashenden.com/the-i-hate-my-story-syndrome/#comment-4880 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:16:52 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=299#comment-4880 Scarlet – yep, my WIP is full of stuff like that too. I need to finish the damn thing first before I start fiddling otherwise I’ll NEVER finish it. *goes in search of chocolate*

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