Currently, I’m in the process of reading through my manuscript, For Now, Book 1 in the Timeless Love Series.
I’m in revision mode. I don’t care so much about grammar and technical stuff here. I’m focused on the storytelling and making it amazing.
I’m making notes as I go on. Noting things I don’t like or need to change and fix.
I’m also taking notes on each chapter as I go through making an outline as I go. This should help me see everything I did in the book as I “pantsed” it. And see what I need to fix. Oh how I wish I was a plotter and then editing would be so much easier. 😂
Most importantly, I leave myself little praise notes as I go through. If I’m proud of a sentence or scene, I will leave a comment saying “good job, or I like this.” This helps my confidence to keep on keeping on and to believe I can get to the level I want to be.
As a new writer, I know I’m not where I want to be yet. What I see in my head comes out as mediocre on paper and the editing process has been me trying to take the book to the level it needs to be. Or to the best of my ability.
This whole process took me way longer than it should have due to mostly fear. Fear of facing the manuscript once I finished that first draft, and fear of the unknown of how to fix it and make it great to the best of my ability. It was like facing the mountain and I was scared to start climbing.
I’m finally facing that fear one chapter at a time. Just reading through and reading it as a reader and not an author and it’s made a world of difference. It’s allowing me to be able to help myself without judgement of myself, and I’m making great progress, and learning to enjoy revision.
I know I will be proud of my book once I make it through this process. And that’s what is most important at the end of the day.💖
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