Yes, it's been two months since I've blogged, but on a positive note I have been writing so I'm okay with it. I'm back to working on my book, a story about a woman who came out later in life. Yeah, it's a real stretch, isn't it? They say write what you know...
I've written the whole thing, and then re-written, and re-written again. Part of it is my OCD, the other part is fear. Fear that it's not good enough, not unique enough; that I suck as a writer. I've had enough courage to show it to a handful of friends who of course say it's great, and I've posted several chapters on writer's critiques and have gotten positive feedback. Yet something holds me back from taking it any farther. It's time to get past it.
Here's my declaration: no more pussyfooting around. I'm going to dedicate myself to writing every day for at least an hour, and get through editing each chapter within a week, to complete it all by the end of May. And then it goes off somewhere - contest, agent, editor, self-publish - somewhere.
And that's that.
4 comments:
You're an inspiration! I'm so glad you're telling your story.
Writing and rewriting is part of being a writer. If it's good enough as is, you don't have the true writer's spirit.
http://joycelansky.blogspot.com/2013/03/dogs-make-difference.html
Well then Joyce, I have a helluva lot of spirit! :-)
You are on the right track - in my humble opinion. My book lagged until I dedicated two-three hours every morning to it. It's paid off - my rough draft is done! It ended up at 584 pages which made me feel exhausted knowing I wrote it while holding a full time job. I'll edit and edit and edit it down to about half. It's better to edit from too much than not-enough. Keep it up!
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