Though this string of blogs about writing may seem like a broken record, it’s where my head is at lately – the revision process in particular.

After every fifteen to twenty pages, I review the pages against the outline and synopsis. It’s not a critical or exhaustive analysis, but it does help preserve or restore focus and identify big disconnects early.

Three possible outcomes result from review:
1) Pages fit with the plan. Keep them for later revisions
2) Pages = donkey chum. Ditch, burn or tag for extreme revisions
3) Pages work yet have nothing to with the book whatsoever. Spin off and archive

So today was review time for Velocity. Only there wasn’t much to work with; the output the past six working days on the light side, begging the question, what the hell happened? A new challenge to tackle is what happened.

Let’s just say two stories of consequence wanted out at the same time. And lets say the first was plotted to a T, while the second was unorganized, untitled and otherwise unwritten. Enter the dilemma: a mind yearning for an outlet for the second story and no space to roam. So what happens? The hyper-focused mind constricts the output on the first story. It’s like writer’s block in reverse � too much attempts to escape at once and everything suffers. That’s my theory anyway. The real test is tomorrow when I do a little free writing on the second project and see what happens.