finish writing my novel

I thought it was such a great idea for a novel, but I still haven’t finished.

... I just don’t know where to take the story and I’m too frustrated to continue now, unless I get some inspiration.

I sent it to my dad to edit. He did but somehow didn’t save the changes. So, he sent it back to me just as I sent it to him. He’s helped before though, and recently at that. Strange!

I’m going to have to start writing in what I call “image pieces,” and sew the pieces together later. The linear style of novel writing isn’t working for me anymore.

But yesterday, I wrote 3 pages and today I made a video about Autism Awareness that ties into my book.

Not much, but then I’m stuck right now at this point in my story. I’m glad I’m plodding on with it, though.

It was a good one, though.

I woke up at 7, really happy and motivated. I worked until 10 on making changes to my first 14 pages and mapping out the next pages. Then, I went to my Rainy Day Writer’s group and we all critiqued each other’s work until noon. I want to write some more, but I’m disappointed because I set the evening aside for my BF, who hasn’t shown up.

It’s my first attempt at fiction. I’ve finished 3 chapters, 26 pages. I have my work reviewed every week at a writer’s group. I haven’t written anything new all week though.

I’d really like to continue, and finish my novel about a middle aged man, Morgan Daniel Whitmman, and his OCD filled life. It sounds a little like the TV show “Monk”, but different. In the first chapter, Morgan meets a woman named Sandra M. Cohen who changes his life forever.

I’m about halfway through the first draft of a novel which has been kicking around in my head for months. I got the first half of it done in November thanks to NaNoWriMo. Now I want to finish the darn thing.