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RE: Don't be a Writing Zero, Be a Steemit HERO!
This is terrific advice. I've been a freelance writer since 2002, have published two novels, and am writing a third one. Every now and then, the best thing to do is either to step away from the computer for a while, or just write something, anything, and go back and edit it later.
I've found with writing novels, it often takes the whole first draft to even know what your book is really about. It usually ends up being something far different than you imagined when you started it....and BETTER. :)
Oh my goodness, I resemble that remark! Your characters are like kids. You nurture them, watch them grow and tell the what to say and do. But, halfway thru the novel you realize they have grown and matured so much so that they are making their own decisions and determining the course of their own lives! You try to bring them back to your original plans, but lo and behold they are their own now, lol! And completely take their story a whole other direction than you, the parent, envisioned when they were infants :)
That's so true. I'm finding it to be especially true with my third novel, which I'm writing right now. The characters have taken on such lives of their own, and the story has taken some unexpected turns even I didn't see coming, it's like I'm reading it as I'm writing it. I can't wait to get back to working on it to discover what happens next. :)
So awesome! This is probably my absolute favorite reason for writing fiction :) Good luck, and have fun watching your little creations grow! And please share the link when it's completed :)
Thanks! I will. And, you can find the link to my website, which has links to my first two novels on Amazon on it, on the main page of my blog here on Steemit. ;)
Thank you!
My pleasure. ;)