Every time I learn something new about writing I expect it
to give my book a magical makeover. This simple trick will somehow make JK Rowling look like
a hack and Dickenson come back from the grave just to read my stuff. Then comes the inevitable day
where I finish the draft using this new tool and it’s still not perfect. My writing is a little better but it's still not what I dreamed it would be.
When my last big push ended (outlining!) I was still disappointed
with my first draft. How could this happen? Why, oh why, is the Muse so mean to
me? Once again I got to face the reality that while each step forward is a good
thing, it’s not the thing that’s going to solve all of my problems.That means I’m now on to editing. This time I’m going into
it knowing that it won’t make everything perfect. As my skills grow as a writer
so do my abilities to spot my own mistakes. Hopefully my ability to fix my
mistakes will keep growing as well! As each trick fails I become more hopeful that persistence will
take me where I want to go. What’s the best writing tip you’ve heard recently?
Sadly my writing goes through growing pains as well. Oh how I wish it would just be good enough already at once!
ReplyDelete