June 1, 2010
Ok. I am extremely frustrated with my current main character. It seems I have done such a good job portraying the teenage daughter of an alcoholic that now I can’t break through! She is such a repressed personality that even I am having trouble getting to know her! The things I want her to do – the things I wish she’d do – just don’t suit her…yet. I’m beginning to wonder if I’m writing War And Peace or just going in circles.
So I spent my long weekend (which, let’s face it, is a REALLY long weekend for stay at home moms) sitting in the backyard managing play dough and dueling light sabers and trying to channel my WIP. Maybe it’s back to the drawing board, but I really hope not. I’m hoping that she comes up with something truly stirring and soon or else this might just be the “work in progress” that doesn’t progress.