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Writing: March Goal Update

March 28, 2019 by Elizabeth Drake

Things are messy.

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March Progress Report

It’s the end of March. As you can tell, February and March aren’t complete, but April is. That’s because February and March involved a great many thing related to a new book release in April that is not happening in April.

Two more months’ worth of things have been added, so I really have fourteen months of work to accomplish in twelve.

Sounds like my day job.

Still, I am making progress.

I am trying to decide if I quit working on the brand new story I’m writing and go back to editing Knight of Valor, or if I should finish this fresh WIP then settle in for a long bout of editing. Not only does Knight of Valor need editing, but Pirate Captain’s Daughter is rough.

Really rough.

Even for a second draft. I need to work on the heroine in that a lot more before it goes to a beta reader.

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I *really* want to avoid this look

And, I can’t edit and create new at the same time. I’ve tried. It doesn’t work for me.

Originally, May’s goal was to finish the WIP I started in April. I know how hard it is to drop a WIP half-way through and try to pick it back up again. I’d love to say I always finish. But I don’t.

FinishWhatYouStart

Not the kind of person I want to be, but best to know yourself

 

My current plan to finish this WIP, then I will be spending a great dal of time editing. First, Knight of Valor. That may mean pushing off the other edits as you can only spend so much time editing before you need the rush of creativity that comes from creating new.

Yeah, I know, the rainbows, unicorns and butterflies of a writer.

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Yep, about like that!

But if my writing journey has taught me anything, it’s to trust my own process. It might not work for Nora Roberts or Stephen King, but so far, it works for me.

Their processes may be better, and their processes certainly create best-selling books, but we all have to start somewhere.

How about you? Are there things you just can’t do together no matter what the experts tell you? Can you finish something half way, put it down, and pick it back up again?

 

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: beta reader, Create, Day Job, editing, Goals, heroine, Knight of Valor, Pirate, Setting goals

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