Seriously? I think I jinxed myself

[elven_wolf]

I think I jinxed myself with Gypsy Fiddle by posting it on OWW. I should have finished it before starting to post. My plan made sense at the time, but now I have all these changes to make, and not even a finished product to work on. In some ways it should be easier, since I can just make changes to what's already there without worrying about

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[alanajoli]

One of the things that made me hesitate before sharing the YA WIP with my critique group was just this -- I've got changes to make now to the first three chapters, and I'm not sure if I should work on that before I continue, or if I should just keep the notes and move on. :)

[pega]

I think you're right about taking it off OWW for now. Not because you don't need crit etc, but because you need to finish it before you start editing it. I know from the small amount of writing I've done, that once you actually get your ending on paper, it's usually not exactly what you'd envisioned at the beginning and the story evolves while you write. You can't keep returning to chaps 1-3 and editing them to death when you're not really set in stone about how chap 13 is going to play out.

Just my opinion though, you know how pedestrian I am about certain things - gotta finish point A before even thinking about point B. ;)

[chennpug]

Also, you may someone who can't talk too much about the story before you've finished, at the risk of...well, for lack of a better phrase, "letting the magic out." At times it feels like you simply have to share it with other people or you're going to burst, but I think that this sensation is part of what's driving you to write. So if you share it before it's done, that feeling is no longer as urgent, and it's hard to finish the story without it, usually because there's another story working in your head and wanting you to share it...does that make sense?

I know not everyone works or feels this way, but it seems to be true for me.