Not Good
Specimen Three is not looking good.
I skimmed through Specimen Two earlier today and I realised that it was actually pretty awesome.
Yeah, yeah, I’m an arrogant poopyhead, blah blah.
So yes, Specimen Two really was pretty awesome - compared to Specimen One - because there was actually a flow to the bloody story and I really did put in quite a number of twists. But when I look at Specimen Three, I don’t see that it being better or even as good as Specimen Two.
Allow me to blame my internship again.
Seriously, the story is there but it isn’t engaging enough and it still feels very segmented. To tell you the truth, I don’t feel motivated at all when it comes to certain chapters, which is a very, very bad thing for a writer.
Another thing to blame is actually the Chapter Outline which I did during my internship. The problem now is that I’m too stuck with the storyline that I’ve planned in the Outline and that storyline kinda sucks – compared to Specimen Two.
Right now I have two options in front of me:
1. Keep pushing.
I’ll just keep forcing myself to write and hopefully somewhere, somehow I’ll find a flow to it and the story will magically work out.
2. Specimen Four
What? I can’t jump to the fourth’s story because four doesn’t come after two? I’m the bloody author, I’ll do what I want.
Seriously though, I might have to work on Specimen Four instead because right now the only viable way I can see myself being able to make Specimen Three work is that I begin with a blank slate. And that means I need to give myself some time off from the story so that my mind can refresh itself. But time is something that I can’t afford to waste so why not work on Specimen Four instead?
Make sense right?
However I’m not going to make a decision just yet. I’ll try and see if I can still make Specimen Three work and depending on the results, I’ll come and visit these two choices again.
- Derick
