Editor on the Shoulder
Apr. 17th, 2006 09:19 amIs there some way to chloroform and lock up the little, insidious "editor on the shoulder" that simply WILL NOT allow me to finish this stupid chapter?
ME: Yes, EotS, I know you have quibbles, gripes and groans. But if you don't STFU I'm never going to finish this chapter.
EotS: Tough. I still hate all the dialog and think the entire thing sucks. Plus, not as funny as you think.
ME: I know it needs work, and I know I'm not funny--
EotS: Pfft! UNDERSTATEMENT!
ME: But if you'll just let me finish this draft.
EotS: And leave all those bad descriptions and unfunny dialog in the first half? As if!
ME: I've got enough problems writing the damn love scene. Can't you leave me alone for a while so I can finish it? Then we'll talk about the craptastic stuff in the chapter.
EotS: You know you're uncomfortable with writing teh smut. Spend time on the polishing the other stuff.
ME: I've 'polished' enough. I need to finish the chapter. Yeah, it may have its rough spots, but continually writing and re-writing the same chapter isn't helping.
EotS: So you're really going to write teh smut? You're not going to procrastinate? Pull the other one.
ME: I am going to write it. (stompy foot) I am!
EotS: Right. Just as soon as you re-write the dialog in the scene with Spike and his mother...
*headesk* I'm never going to finish this chapter.
ME: Yes, EotS, I know you have quibbles, gripes and groans. But if you don't STFU I'm never going to finish this chapter.
EotS: Tough. I still hate all the dialog and think the entire thing sucks. Plus, not as funny as you think.
ME: I know it needs work, and I know I'm not funny--
EotS: Pfft! UNDERSTATEMENT!
ME: But if you'll just let me finish this draft.
EotS: And leave all those bad descriptions and unfunny dialog in the first half? As if!
ME: I've got enough problems writing the damn love scene. Can't you leave me alone for a while so I can finish it? Then we'll talk about the craptastic stuff in the chapter.
EotS: You know you're uncomfortable with writing teh smut. Spend time on the polishing the other stuff.
ME: I've 'polished' enough. I need to finish the chapter. Yeah, it may have its rough spots, but continually writing and re-writing the same chapter isn't helping.
EotS: So you're really going to write teh smut? You're not going to procrastinate? Pull the other one.
ME: I am going to write it. (stompy foot) I am!
EotS: Right. Just as soon as you re-write the dialog in the scene with Spike and his mother...
*headesk* I'm never going to finish this chapter.