Wow. I feel so out of sorts.
School is out. I finished writing two stories in the last two months and I'm not actively writing anything. I don't know what to do with myself.
It is so weird.
I haven't started editing, but that doesn't mean I'm not thinking about my stories. Since I finished TROLL, story #3, I started thinking about changes that I need to make in GNOME, story #1.
Why?
Because I've learned so much about my characters since I started writing them. I know I want my protagonist to suffer a deep, deep betrayal and I know that I can set it up better than it is currently written--because when I wrote the first story I didn't think her best friend would betray her. So, of course, I'm thinking how I can deepen the emotion and hidden motivations in story #1.
Luckily, no one has bought the silly story, so it doesn't matter what changes I make to it!
Starting this next week--after I crit a full manuscript for my friend--I'll be writing synopses, queries and revising three middle grade novels, while thinking about #4 and #5. Yes, I do have an idea for two more stories.
Until later . . .
Write on!
You are so ambitious! It's as if you found your niche, and you're filled with energy. Good for you for figuring out what needs to be done with Gnome. And even better that you're fixing it.
ReplyDeleteI'd be lying if I didn't say that I was taking story #5 from a story that I already wrote, Edie!
ReplyDeleteI still need to work out #4, but I'll be ready by the time September rolls around.