Besides being quite busy this summer with family
obligations and a sundry of other unexpected happenings, I have also been
playing dodge ball with my novel. Okay, I've been procrastinating. I put my
novel aside and have found every excuse in the book, not to go back to it. Now,
I am trying to figure out why.
I'm almost half way through. Part of me wants to
force myself to finish, and the other part of me wants to tear it apart and see
where the trouble lies. Is it something about the plot? The characters? Is it
the opening? Or, is it simply that I'm new at this and hitting a familiar place
all newbies hit? The middle of the novel, hibbie jibbies. Maybe.
Whatever is bugging me, I will figure it out, but
in the meantime, I think it best to finish what I started. I'll make notes
along the way, and I'm sure once completed I'll have plenty of opportunity for
revisions and editing.
What about you? Have you experience the middle of
the novel hibbie jibbes? Please share your story of triumph in the comments.
