Katy's Tenth Post

Whew, I was worried there for awhile. I was not feeling at all happy with the way my draft turned out. It just didn't feel like the story I wanted to tell, and that made it really boring to me. But talking to Elmaz and Kendra on Friday helped me piece out my dissatisfactions and now I have a new draft that I feel much better about. I'm excited about the story again, after quite awhile of having to force myself to write without any enjoyment. Writing should be fun. It's challenging, but it should be fun. Otherwise, why am I doing it? So thanks to Kendra and Elmaz for making me rethink where I was going. Kendra especially for rolling her eyes at me when I was letting myself get pulled away from the type of writing she knows and I know I like to do. We had a very productive meeting together, I think. At least for me it was (Sorry if I spent the whole time complaining and didn't let you work!). Anyway, I believe what I have now is a draft that stays true to my voice, but also hopefully addresses some of those issues that came up in workshop. I definitely tried to make the narrative less confusing, but it was hard because I still want to leave my readers with a lot of questions. I also worked on character development and I'm happy with how it came out. A few characters that were flat before are clearer to me now and I hope that will translate into popping scenes. We shall see. There's still work to do, but I'm happy with where I'm at right now. And I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else has been up to.