Like Dorothy Parker and
@Lakey, I suppose for me it is often the actual writing part. Filling up blank space, starting something from scratch, can be very daunting. I get frustrated and impatient, often anxious too, slowly watching the words grow. I tend to be eager to be done rather than enjoying the actual process, which is something I’d like to learn. I used to prefer editing. Lately, some of this is changing for me, or I’m starting to dislike editing too! I do like being in the “new story bubble”
@Brigid Barry mentioned and, increasingly, I’m loving my breaks away from active querying and just working on something in private, but the process itself can be tough. It’s just so much work, so much writing and rewriting and reading and re-reading and editing, only to often end in endless rejection. But, like most of you here, I still feel compelled to do it anyway!
Lately, I found the hardest part is just getting it into shape, fitting together the scattered broken-up jigsaw puzzles of my idea(s) and hammering them together. I often start out with a premise and attempt to outline and get lots of notes down but the whole remains opaque and blurry to me for much of the process. On the bright side, I do find it eventually does come together but it takes many, many drafts!
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Thanks a lot, pdblake.
