Frustrating!

[caddyman]

In quieter moments over the past month or so I have been trying to write a short story. Indeed I have mentioned it in passing at least once.

I added a few lines today and scribbled some notes in my notebook. I like to pretend to be working even when technically I am not. For some reason, this story is like pulling teeth; I know what I want to write and I know, unusually for me, where the story is going. I understand the main characters and what they’re up to. I know why they’re doing what they’re doing. This has had the perverse effect of making it harder to write. Although the document has been updated a number of times over the past month, my habit of naming documents starting with the opening date (year/month/day) shows me that I started the document on 6 October. It’s still only just a paragraph over a single page of A4 in length. Of course, I have not worked on it for some time before today’s fiddles, but even so.

I must stop going back and fiddling until I have fully written the initial story. Then I can go back and edit for style and grammar; apply the mot juste later.

Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done. I do like trying things out and polishing as I go along. It’s a trial.