On the nature of my current state, and my love of beta reading.

[adelynne]

I've been feeling almost singularly uncreative. The few plot bunnies winding their way around my thoughts do not draw themselves to logical conclusions that can then be exploited to write stories. I have a beginning, but no middle, an end, without knowledge of how to get there.

It's even worse with my original writing, where I do have all the elements on paper, at least for the first novel, and can't for the life of me write the damn prologue in any manner that isn't overdramatic bullshit. Not that I have much time to focus on that, either. I miss having time. It went away when my soul was bought for a meager sum that I can barely live on.

All of the above are probably reasons I love to beta. Well, that and, if I might modestly say so myself, I'm good at it. I think it's the whole English-as-a-second-language grammatical structure combined with a very pronounced ear for character voice and cadence. And it helps me get the creativity on without necessarily yanking at my muses going "I want to write something! Help me write something!" Maybe one of these days they'll actually answer.

I realise this entry is very disjointed to say the least. Ah well.

Comments

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

Well, as I've mentioned earlier, I'm open to beta. But I'm also open for idea bouncing as necessary.

[adelynne.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't worry. I'll be taking you up on those offers.

[rosamund.livejournal.com]

I'll add a moi aussi to lareinenoire's comment.