On writing woes

Well, I've turned in my first application. It was kind of exhilarating.

But now I'm beating my head against an entirely different sort of beast.

That would be my novel-in-progress. The idea has refused to die, it's gone through two rewrites, and it's never been finished in any form. Oh yes, and I have NO BETA.

Which is killing me. I like feedback, and I like having someone read my work and say "Oh, by the way, this is unclear--what were you going for?" Not only is it useful, but it kind of keeps me going. On that note, a quick apology for my own failure to beta properly. I definitely died before the last 8 pages of the work I was reading. Sorry--send it again from where I stopped giving you edits and give me a boot!

Anyways, the other problem I have is this dragon. It's kind of a pivotal character, even though it doesn't make much of an appearance, and I am still kind of set on the idea of it being a dragon. The only other thing that would sort of work would be a semi-divine figure akin to the Oracle at Delphi, and that doesn't REALLY work because I need the character to be not only very apathetic but also kind of a threat should that apathy ever stop.

Which means I'd have to go beyond semi-divine figure into the whole god thing, and I really don't want to go there, because that will create problems with later plot points involving deities.

Anyways, for right now I'm going to leave it, and I'll have to see where it goes. I'm also trying to write in third-person present, which is....aggravating. But also feels necessary, because writing in third-past was not working out at all.

So, writing woes. And also, I have eaten approximately three times my own weight in chocolates today, I kid you not, and I'M STILL HUNGRY.