Phase Two, the devil

You know how they always say, there're a couple of phases when it comes to writing? And they always say, phase number two is always the hardest. It's when you start to think you should give up, because your plot isn't going anywhere, your characters are about as interesting as dry bread, and the dialouges just blah.

And you give up, because you really should've left all that writing to the proffesionals.

But, they also DID say that you should continue no, regardless of how bleak your whole story seem to be, 'cause when you read back much later, it wouldn't seem so hopeless afterall.

Well, I didn't believe what they said.

And how I regret it.

I stopped NaNo-ing a week and a few days ago, because my plot was on a downward spiral, and my characters weren't even as interesting as me (and Chooiyen isn't very interesting to begin with anyway).

Now, reading back on what I wrote, I wasn't all THAT bad. No, I'm not starting to think I'm the greatest writer, but I see now that what they (who, actually?) said does make sense. What I thought about my story sucking harder than a vacuum cleaner, well, that's just Phase Two at its devil work.

I should've continued. Now I cannot finish by November 31st already.

Stupid NaNoWriMo. Stupid Phase Two.