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I don't even look at the couple of very first ones. I have thrown them out. Now I keep count starting with the first decent one. So when I say "it's my first", it means it's the first I can re-read without crying out loud. It's sucky, of course, but not beyond hope.
Though I must admit some of those first ones, and even second ones, aren't finished... because the Suck Syndrome is my middle name.
It's not really because of the second act... just because I realize the idea, the plot, the execution aren't up to par. The basic concept is warped. And it happens exactly the way you've described. First I'm excited, I work on it, I believe in it, and then doubts come crawling in, and away in the Scenes Graveyard folder it goes. I sometimes stop at 60, sometimes earlier, sometimes right after completing the outline.
I try to drag, force, cajole myself up to 80-90, because then, so close to the end, I'll think of how much work is already done, and will be able to finish simply because otherwise it would seem like too much wasted time. Unless the SuS hits real hard. But it seems to be the only solution. Imagining the sale with mid to high 6 figures helps sometimes, too
I don't even look at the couple of very first ones. I have thrown them out. Now I keep count starting with the first decent one. So when I say "it's my first", it means it's the first I can re-read without crying out loud. It's sucky, of course, but not beyond hope.
Though I must admit some of those first ones, and even second ones, aren't finished... because the Suck Syndrome is my middle name.
It's not really because of the second act... just because I realize the idea, the plot, the execution aren't up to par. The basic concept is warped. And it happens exactly the way you've described. First I'm excited, I work on it, I believe in it, and then doubts come crawling in, and away in the Scenes Graveyard folder it goes. I sometimes stop at 60, sometimes earlier, sometimes right after completing the outline.
I try to drag, force, cajole myself up to 80-90, because then, so close to the end, I'll think of how much work is already done, and will be able to finish simply because otherwise it would seem like too much wasted time. Unless the SuS hits real hard. But it seems to be the only solution. Imagining the sale with mid to high 6 figures helps sometimes, too
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