Will the third time be the charm?
I'm working on my third novel, after having bites but no takers with my first two. I still have hopes for them, especially the second one, which is still making the rounds.
But I think this might be the one that does it. Personally, I think it is a really great concept - unique but still something other urban fantasy readers would be in to.
My writing is definitely improving. I get what you need to pull a good book together now - the conventions - now I just have to pull it off. This process has been different from the others too. For the first time I am writing scenes out of sequence...which gives me momentum because I'm excited to write them. Then it is not so hard for me to go tuck those scenes in where they need to go and write what goes between. I don't have to be so linear this time, which I think stunted me in the past. I'm going back and adding characters and characteristics and references as they come to me. I'm spending time strengthening an area here or there while still progressing with the story. I'm at 33,000 words and looking forward to another weekend away to write - I know, how lucky am I?
I am feeling the pressure of the goal I set for myself. What I feel I need is devoted time to churn a full rough draft out. But the revising - I can see that stretching on. I already have so many ideas for tone/mood, setting, story lines, etc. that will need to be concentrated on or strengthened.
I'm trying to keep the panicky feeling at bay. I've never set a goal this huge for myself, nor devoted so much time and energy to making it happen. There's a very real possibility - in fact, it is most likely - that I will not reach it. And I'm a little worried about what that will do to me. Not that I'll quit, but still, I wonder what it will feel like if it doesn't happen.
Just logging this as part of the journey....
But I think this might be the one that does it. Personally, I think it is a really great concept - unique but still something other urban fantasy readers would be in to.
My writing is definitely improving. I get what you need to pull a good book together now - the conventions - now I just have to pull it off. This process has been different from the others too. For the first time I am writing scenes out of sequence...which gives me momentum because I'm excited to write them. Then it is not so hard for me to go tuck those scenes in where they need to go and write what goes between. I don't have to be so linear this time, which I think stunted me in the past. I'm going back and adding characters and characteristics and references as they come to me. I'm spending time strengthening an area here or there while still progressing with the story. I'm at 33,000 words and looking forward to another weekend away to write - I know, how lucky am I?
I am feeling the pressure of the goal I set for myself. What I feel I need is devoted time to churn a full rough draft out. But the revising - I can see that stretching on. I already have so many ideas for tone/mood, setting, story lines, etc. that will need to be concentrated on or strengthened.
I'm trying to keep the panicky feeling at bay. I've never set a goal this huge for myself, nor devoted so much time and energy to making it happen. There's a very real possibility - in fact, it is most likely - that I will not reach it. And I'm a little worried about what that will do to me. Not that I'll quit, but still, I wonder what it will feel like if it doesn't happen.
Just logging this as part of the journey....