On Patience and Staying Positive
One of the things that surprised me most about becoming a writer was how much patience is involved in the craft. It may not be one of the first traits -- or skills -- that comes to mind when you think of successful writers, and in my case when I first started writing, it was certainly an overlooked one. So many of us decide to become writers because we have a fantastic story idea, but stories don't write themselves. Hours and hours, months and perhaps years, will go into maki
First draft done!
On this wintry Thursday, I finished the first draft of my new work-in-progress. It's always a feat for me to get past the first draft hurdle because I love revising a lot more than I like writing. And now that I've been writing for a few years, I've gotten pickier about whether a story is worth keeping. For instance, to get to my current WIP I experimented with at least three different story ideas. Fleshed them out to around a hundred pages each. Some might think those months