The Writerly Update: Stupid Train Edition

[babarnett]

I haven't gotten very far on the short story rewrite I started last week, but there has been progress.  Said progress took the form of the following stages:

Stage 1: I can't do this! I don't know how to write!  I'm a hack!

Stage 2: I can totally do this.  I just need to figure out the right starting place.  Ah, there it is. 

Stage 3: Remember how you're rewriting most of this from scratch? That makes it a first draft essentially.  So stop trying to make it perfect and just keep writing already, dumbass.

Stage 4: Writing! I'm writing! I'm in the zone! I'm picking up steam and . . . crap, here's my train stop.

Comments

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

I'm the last stop on the line going to work, so it's hard to miss it. :)

[(Anonymous)]

*L*

*Phew* If it weren't the last stop on the line I'd be flying past it if I were you. I did that so many times when I was public trans. dependent I found my first college. Miami Dade CC North campus. It was the last stop on the line and I was reading. By the time I looked up I'd miss my work stop and was at the college. I was on my own and working full time and 19 yrs old. I had twenty minutes to kill and I explored the campus. At age 18 I was sick of school but after a year off the thought of going to college was interesting. It's a nice campus. Outdoor swimming pool and all. I was very glad I found it.

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

That's an entertaining way to have found a school. :)

I do have to pay attention going home on the train, but amazingly, I've only missed that stop once.