I am totally stuck with chapter 3 of my WIP. The problem is – well one problem is that chapter was originally the opening chapter of a story that has now taken on a life of it’s own and gone in a completely different direction to the one I had planned.
What I should be doing is putting the original away and starting it from scratch so that it fits with the rest of the story. What I can’t seem to do is exactly that. I know it’s what I should do but actually letting go is so difficult.
I like some of the phrases even if they don’t fit any more and am reluctant to leave them out. I have a file where I carefully store such pages in case they prove useful in the future. It’s easy. I can do it – I think.
What I really need is time in the garden where I can crack on with tasks that require no thought thus allowing my mind to wander and consider the problem of chapter one. To perculate ideas and – hopefully – come up with the right solution.
This is problem two. What with tornadoes, hail, sleet, a bitterly cold last wind I’ve been stuck in the house going over the same old same old over and over again.
Until today!! Today I have been able to get out with my trusty helpers and enjoy a bit of digging and weeding. That is one brave robin, picking at the insects while Neville supervises at the other side of the herb garden.
Let’s hope it’s done the trick.
SueJEaton 