Gooooood Morning Beauties,
I hope you’re having a lovely morning, even if writing had got you down a bit. I am back, as promised, with another post this week.
Something I’ve realized while editing the middle part of this book is that the middle is no easy place to be during drafting or revising. I dread working on the middle, though if I don’t I know it’ll make the whole thing just horrible and will certainly undo everything I fixed in the beginning and the end. So, though I dread it, I go through it over and over again trying to make it at least passibly good.
Yes, the dreaded middle is just as hard to deal with as the marathon of the middle during the drafting phase. It is hard to make everything fit and not get boring. You don’t want your middle to sag, but it’s still hard to get through it. You’re not alone. I’m with you, I feel you.
I am editing (and drafting) in ch. 5 right now and I wish things were going better than they are. I am making some real good progress, but it’s taking so long. Though lately I’ve felt good about my writing and it hasn’t been difficult to combat my nearly constant imposter syndrome. Though the writing/editing has been tough, I feel good about what I’m doing and know that however small my progress seems, it needs to get done and I know it’s going to be hard. I’m good at what I do, I just need to clean up the initial story I wrote and make it the very best it can be.
And since I’ve been editing, my inner critic is out and ready to cut, chop, and burn anything that needs to go and criticize anything I decide worthy of keeping. But it’s good. I trust my critic, they’ve been good to me, they don’t put down my ability to write, they simply tell me and explain to me how readers will feel about things, what they will or could like and what they absolutely will not. What will bore them and what will keep them engaged in the story.
So things are going well, though they feel they aren’t. I’m happy with where I am and I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished, especially with a full-time job. But I keep going cuz this is important to me.
Well, I think that’s it for me today guys and so sorry for the rant I went on, but I hope you can overcome your struggles and notice how great a writer you really are. You are progressing and learning in your craft, mistakes are meant to be made so we can learn from them. That’s why we edit after writing the first draft, to cut out those little mistakes as much as possible.
Love you guys so much, have a great rest of your day and week and I will see you again next week with a new post. Please comment your struggles below, this is a safe place where writers are allowed to struggle and share their story for other writers to know they are not alone. Which is why I share mine. They are not what make us weak, they are the things that make us stronger. Let me know what’s going on in your writing/life/reading. What books have you finished writing/reading. Is there anything you want me to touch base on in the future? I would so love to hear from you. Until next time, beauties.
Celine Rose Marie