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First Day of Writing in the Books
Yesterday I wrote the prologue to my new book. Being a sequel, it had to fall in line with the end of my first book, but I already did all of the prep work a couple of days ago.
I can't say that I had writer's block, per se, but I was experiencing a logjam of different angles that I could use to attack my introduction to my next labor of love. This was a minor annoyance and distraction so I started free writing all of the ideas down in Word as fast as they came to me. The result was a jumbled mess of incoherent gibberish that had no continuity with the timeline. That is when I walked away from the book for the night and began again this morning.
A fresh perspective and another night to dwell on the direction to where I wanted the book to go and I was ready for action.
Today I spent around 8 hours rewriting, editing, and proofreading 8 pages of text, totaling a whopping 3724 words. Not a big payday for me considering the time spent, but I think that it is a quality product for a revised third or fourth draft. It might even be acceptable in a month or two of scrutiny!
I am excited to be working on book two! I never thought that I'd finish with book one!
My first novel is entitled The Champion of the Golden Queen . It is available on Amazon at http://a.co/3aNwYvC
The Champion of the Golden Queen
Please pick up a copy and leave me a review on Amazon and here at Goodreads!
Have a great evening. Thanks for reading my thoughts!
Austin
I can't say that I had writer's block, per se, but I was experiencing a logjam of different angles that I could use to attack my introduction to my next labor of love. This was a minor annoyance and distraction so I started free writing all of the ideas down in Word as fast as they came to me. The result was a jumbled mess of incoherent gibberish that had no continuity with the timeline. That is when I walked away from the book for the night and began again this morning.
A fresh perspective and another night to dwell on the direction to where I wanted the book to go and I was ready for action.
Today I spent around 8 hours rewriting, editing, and proofreading 8 pages of text, totaling a whopping 3724 words. Not a big payday for me considering the time spent, but I think that it is a quality product for a revised third or fourth draft. It might even be acceptable in a month or two of scrutiny!
I am excited to be working on book two! I never thought that I'd finish with book one!
My first novel is entitled The Champion of the Golden Queen . It is available on Amazon at http://a.co/3aNwYvC
The Champion of the Golden Queen
Please pick up a copy and leave me a review on Amazon and here at Goodreads!
Have a great evening. Thanks for reading my thoughts!
Austin
