Why is writing so awkward???

[elisi]

This tweet is really very very accurate:

I was just wondering how your novel was going. pic.twitter.com/qXZTHh6LjY

— I Captcha the Castle (@haszombiesinit) May 6, 2019

And I have managed to write myself into not one, but TWO corners.

One of them just means cutting out one of my favourite sub-plots, but hey, it was a sub-plot anyway.

The other is more difficult.

A character is saying 'No'. Very firmly and decisively. And I don't know how to get her to say 'Yes'. But until she does, the whole thing is stalled. :(

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[shadowkat]

Or a publishing contract. Never say never!

True. The woman who wrote the bestseller -- Where the Crawdad's Sing, her first novel by herself. Prior to that she'd written nonfiction nature stuff with her ex-husband. Anyhow, she was in her 70s.

So...it's always possible, I suppose.

I write oddly. And I've gotten so used to Word and notebooks. Scrivener doesn't translate well to other mediums and is hard to email to myself at work. See? I write during my lunch break or during down-time at work, and at home. And sometimes on trips to family. So I'm constantly emailing my book back and forth to myself, and Scrivener isn't really designed for that. It's not that you can't do it -- I have, it's just cumbersome, while word is really easy to do it with. Also I don't have Scrivener on my work computer. That's not permissible.

It has a lot to do with having a full time day job and sneaking time to write on the subway, train, during lunch and in the evenings.

[elisi]

So...it's always possible, I suppose.
Indeed. Although there is also the fact that publishing 'properly' is historically very much a male construct, and that women would often share their writings in different ways. And you have already self-published!

It has a lot to do with having a full time day job and sneaking time to write on the subway, train, during lunch and in the evenings.
*nods* That makes sense. Happy writing! :)