I'm not going to write too much tonight; I just wanted to talk about a problem I am having with my writing.
One of the things you don't expect when you write is that the story takes over your thoughts. I think about plot and characters at work, when I'm driving, and mostly, when I am trying to go to sleep (such as right now).
This is how Force first came to be, mind you. I had an idea and couldn't sleep, so I wrote it down.
Tonight, as has been the case for most nights this past week, I find myself sleepless and anxious. I am coming up to the conclusion of book two, and I'm stuck. I have three paths I can take, but none are quite what I want in order to open up for the final story in the trilogy. At first, I wanted to wait it out until an idea hit me, but then I thought I might go back and re-read the whole thing (something I haven't done yet, but was going to wait until it was finished).
I had just decided to re-read, when I got an email from a friend who is currently reading Force. I asked him to be critical of it, and he offered some great advice. I haven't gone back to Force for about a month (since I started book two), and could probably use the refresher. Plus, I've been wanting to make up character profiles as well.
So tonight, instead of re-reading as I had planned, I decided to go back to book one and re-examine it. I know i need to re-tool chapter one, and possibly add some depth to a few spots, so i figured this would be a good place to start.
Except then I got distracted, and by the time I got back to my computer, it was too late to give my reading the proper attention. So, being the smart person I am, I decided to go to bed.
It's now 12:30am, I'm still awake, and I've spent the past hour and a half writing the third novel in my head, while simultaneously re-writing chapter one of Force.
These characters are becoming such a part of me, that I can't get them out of my head! I'm not complaining, but I wouldn't mind some sleep.
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