That's right. The new draft of my book is written, typed out, and sent off to critique partners to read. I've taken a couple days to cool off from the project, and now I'm back at the next project.
I'm doing the housekeeping part of writing and querying. I'm compiling a list of agents to send queries to. I'm polishing short stories.
Because the work never stops. There's always more writing to do. More work to do.
I'm doing the housekeeping part of writing and querying. I'm compiling a list of agents to send queries to. I'm polishing short stories.
Because the work never stops. There's always more writing to do. More work to do.
And I think that's the hardest part for some people. It's a lot of work. When you're in the zone, writing can be incredible, but then there's the day's when it's not. When the zone seems so far away, you can't see its shadow. Those days are okay to have. Those days are okay to walk away from the writing to breathe.
But sometimes you don't want to walk away. Sometimes you want to face the challenge head-on and say, "This isn't writer's block. This is fear of what I actually have to say." So you sit down, and you write. You rewrite. You keep rewriting until you're ready to give up entirely because how many more times can you try to make this scene work?
And then...
But sometimes you don't want to walk away. Sometimes you want to face the challenge head-on and say, "This isn't writer's block. This is fear of what I actually have to say." So you sit down, and you write. You rewrite. You keep rewriting until you're ready to give up entirely because how many more times can you try to make this scene work?
And then...
And then it works. It works, and it's amazing.
Let's take five minutes and focus on that moment.
Let's take five minutes and focus on that moment.
That scene, that sentence, that story that you struggled with so hard for so long. You've got it. It's finally perfect. What does that feel like? How does it make you feel about all the work you've done? How does it make you feel about continuing the work? Focus on that feeling.
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