Well,
friends- this week I have made a miracle breakthrough! I am finally ready to
finish up novel one and move on to novel two. This exhilarating feeling has greatly
perked my mood and my level of excitement. I have not felt this free in weeks!
I know that
over the past couple of weeks I’ve been discussing how bummed out and hesitant
I am to complete my current WIP. After all this talk it probably seems out of
character for me to be so jazzed up about starting a new project. I can’t help
it! After weeks of searching for something to brighten my mood, I have finally found
the answer.
I started
chapter one of book two!
Taking
advice from a fellow author, JW
Alden, I decided to start mapping out and
playing around with my next WIP (work-in-progress.) As I did the first chapter
became more and more clear in my mind until I had almost the entire thing
planned and ready to type.
Once I got
started I literally could not stop. And why would I want to? The chapter
basically wrote itself! Admittedly going a wee bit over my lunch break, I
managed to get close to finishing 1/3 of it in one sitting.
The new
characters are growing on me, I’ve fallen even more in love with the old ones,
and a new world is vividly emblazing itself in my mind. Novel two is finally
ready.
And I am finally
ready to type it.
So, by quasi
letting go and dipping my toes in the pool of my next project, I was able to
dive in and start swimming right off the bat. In fact, I have two hours left of
work and the minutes are ticking by as if they were hours because all I want to
do is go home and write!
I still have
some writing left to do for the first draft of Lightbringer, and I’ll share my
time between finishing up and beginning book two. It will still be sad to
finish it off, I know, but nowhere near as devastating as I thought it would be
prior to typing up this new writing.
From my
learning experience this week I can offer this advice: If you feel hesitant to
complete a project you’ve worked on for months (or, perhaps, even years,) test
out the future and see what comes of it. In your new project you may find the
closure that you need. Even if you don’t, part of you is actively working
toward the future, and that is always a good thing.
You're making progress and that is inspirational! So, if you haven't received this award yet, I'm choosing you as a recipient. Come on over and get it.
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