Words That Kill | Progress Report | I'm Done! | Burnout Possibilities | Speak No Evil Trilogy
Well good morning beauties,
Yes I am later than usual with this post, but I haven’t skipped today entirely and I have a very very compelling reason for being late here today. I finished it, the thriller book I was working on and it’s a bigger achievement still because it’s BK 3 in the trilogy. Which is very exciting for me.
This feels like a load off. For the last week or two I’ve gotten back into writing it after abandoning the project so close to the end. But I needed to finish it. I could feel it calling to me, taunting me. Telling me that I must not be a good enough writer if I couldn’t even finish that draft even though I’ve finished many others. So I jumped back into it and became immersed in the story and the characters again. It felt good and now my hard, grueling work lately has finally paid off!
BK 3 is finally done! My thriller trilogy is finally finished! I feel on top of the world. I feel amazing and I wanted to share that feeling with all of you. And give you encouragement that you helped inspire in me when I sat down to write each of these posts these last weeks. You can do this, I know you can because I did, even during burnout.
I finished writing a tricky novel, the last in a series during a time of burnout. So you can finish your novel too. You just need to sit down and believe in yourself like the rest of us do.
You guys are amazing and you have helped so much with keeping me accountable for my writing time and keeping on track with making sure I put in the time. Thank you so much for being here for me. Just being here helps more than you know and I’m grateful.
Don’t give up, burnout isn’t the end. the words you write during burnout might be terrible, but they’re words. You might produce a messy draft, but at least it’s something. It look like a story even if it doesn’t sound or read like one. Books aren’t written in one go, they are written over time through editing. The idea is written messy, splashed onto the page. You just need to get the idea out, all of the ideas, worry about making them good later. Trust me on this.
My draft is sitting as an ugly, steaming pile or turds in the corner of my bookshelf now and in a dusty corner of my google docs files, but it’s done and that’s what matters. That’s what will give me the courage to go back and edit after some time passes. I can relax and enjoy myself because it’s done. The hardest part is over, the words are out, the characters are living, now I just need to correct them and the plot. Correct the words and spin them into something more coherent. But the draft is done.
Just finish it, whether it’s terrible, or worse than terrible, or good enough or better than that. Once you get there you’ll feel better. YOU CAN DO THIS. The rest of us will stand back and say wow when you finally reach the finish line. We’ll be so proud of you for pushing through, for trying your very best even if your best wasn’t as best as you wanted it to be.
You guys are amazing, thank you so much for tuning in, for being here with me through all this. I love you all so much! Lots of love over here! I believe in you, now just believe in yourself. Once you do that, you’ll be unstoppable. This burnout will end, but until it does, sit down and write and enjoy what you’re writing even if you can only get out one sentence. Progress comes from slow and steady work, whether the work is good and productive or not. Continue to sit down, the words are coming, but you need to encourage them, coax them out like a frightened kitten hiding under the sofa. You’ll get there and burnout isn’t forever, even if it lasts for two months. I promise, I know.
Well guys, that is it for me today. I’mma go celebrate this giant win. Thanks for hanging out and for caring about any of this. You are my inspiration to keep going, to keep pushing forward. Have a great rest of your day and I will see you soon. Please comment below and talk to me about anything. I would so love to hear from you. Maybe this post or past posts inspired you? Please let me know. Happy reading and writing guys and may the words be with you. Until next time, bye.
Celine Rose Marie
