CruxGirl
Magistrate
Persistent deleting and redrafting are the signs of a writer who takes pride in her work and is sensitive to the power of words. I too am a painfully slow writer, whether it's writing an academic dissertation under my own name or producing anonymous erotica. I find writing erotica amazingly liberating because I can let my imagination fly wherever it wants to go. But I agree, translating sexual fantasies into narrative is hard work. My advice is: Don't spend any time reworking what you've already written until you've reached the end of your first draft and you have a complete narrative. If you have a finished narrative to work on, you'll find that the redrafting process is far more constructive and fruitful.
Having said that, I find it very difficult to heed my own advice, because I find that tinkering with what I've already written is less daunting than confronting the blank white pages of what remains to be written.
Having said that, I find it very difficult to heed my own advice, because I find that tinkering with what I've already written is less daunting than confronting the blank white pages of what remains to be written.