“The artist’s life is frustrating not because the passage is slow, but because he imagines it to be fast.”
- David Bayles & Ted Orland, “Art & Fear,” 1993
“The first draft of Psycho Ex is killing me not because it is a bad first draft, but because I was hoping it was the final draft.”
- Robb, 2009
Based upon the macro feedback from a few rounds of readers, Psycho Ex has some problems. Specifically:
- The first act/half is WAY too slow
- The middle is confusing
- The third act is somewhat clunky
- Nobody “gets” the ending
So it’s merely the beginning, the middle, and the end that need work. I guess that’s why they call it the “first” draft.
