My Writing Plan for Now

I think it sounds like a great idea!

You may develop a new plan after a while, but in the meantime, you will have gotten a lot of ideas on paper!

Good luck!

Hi there!

I'm working on my first novel, so I can only tell you my experience thus far and what I plan to do. I also have several ideas kicking around for subsequent works. I'm concentrating on finishing this first novel right now because, I've always been overwhelmed by the idea of writing a full novel that I just want to get it done (now that I'm doing it, the draft isn't so impossible). When I'm finishhed I plan on setting it aside for a few weeks and during that time, sketching out my plan for the next one. Then I will return to the first draft to start revising, and during that time be working on the draft for a new novel. Lucky for me, I have a "deadline" set in place because I want to participate in National Novel Writing Month for my second novel. ("Deadlines" and self-imposed writing goals i.e. certain number of words per day/so many days per week are what keep me going, even if I don't really "feel" like writing on particular days I do it anyway and I'm glad I did)

I think that for me, rewriting/revising the first novel and trying to get it into a final state will help me figure out what I did wrong/awkwardly/etc. in my first draft; I'll have those revising skills and know what I *don't* want to run into in drafts of later novels (I already know of a few things now, lol). I hope this makes sense! I guess I'm saying I wouldn't want to write 5 first drafts without revising any of them first. But I think whatever works best for you is the best thing!

Anyway good luck and keep writing!