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Jan. 25th, 2007 02:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
swan_towerMarie Brennan's Patented Three-Step Process for Finishing Stories That Aren't Working:
It's really quite simple, when you look at it that way.
And it means that I am not starting off the new year by immediately failing at my goal to write one short story a month. I may fail next month, but let's not gallop to meet future difficulties, shall we? I have "The Last Wendy" finished, and this is a Good Thing.
- Realize that you've been doing it entirely wrong.
- Start doing it right instead.
- Finish the story.
It's really quite simple, when you look at it that way.
And it means that I am not starting off the new year by immediately failing at my goal to write one short story a month. I may fail next month, but let's not gallop to meet future difficulties, shall we? I have "The Last Wendy" finished, and this is a Good Thing.
