Rewrite Complications
The Magicians Con
Writing a book is always an interesting journey. You sit down with an idea, plan it out, create characters, a dramatic issue, etc, and then set out to write it. During the first few chapters your feel like you have such a mountain to climb because you're 3,000 words in but writing a 120,000 word book. It seems like its a process which will never end.
Still, through all the heart ache, pain, and many many tears, you somehow make it through the first draft. That is an insane feeling, but when you think you just climbed Everest, you see the next peak before you, a far taller mountain that reaches into the dark depths of space... Rewrites.
I don't know what it is about rewrites but no matter how many stories I seem to tell, there is always a problem when it comes to rewrites. Usually when I hit low points during the first draft I can keep pressing forward and working towards my goals. The instant I start rewrites, its as though paint is drying, but even that is more entertaining.
I think that loss in motivation really has to do that I am not creating anymore, but instead editing that which has already been created. There are still thrilling aspects, like helping to set up the beginning of your book better to impact the end. Yet, there is almost a lack of creativity.
The end goal is in sight, the book is about to be published, but its at the rewrite phase where it seems like most books will just fall off from being finished. To actually finish a book is a huge accomplishment, but to get it to publishing is something else entirely.
All in all this is always a fascinating journey to me, and to see my ideas come to life through paper is something that will never get old to me. I love storytelling, and seeing people fall in love with the characters I created.
If you're an author or thinking of writing a book, my biggest advice for you is consistency. Keep at it, no matter how hard it gets, how much you want to move to another idea. The moment you leave the book behind is the chance of never picking it up again.
Your story is important to tell. It is one of the hardest things I've done, but the reward of holding your book in your hand for the first time, is extremely rewarding.
Writing a book is always an interesting journey. You sit down with an idea, plan it out, create characters, a dramatic issue, etc, and then set out to write it. During the first few chapters your feel like you have such a mountain to climb because you're 3,000 words in but writing a 120,000 word book. It seems like its a process which will never end.
Still, through all the heart ache, pain, and many many tears, you somehow make it through the first draft. That is an insane feeling, but when you think you just climbed Everest, you see the next peak before you, a far taller mountain that reaches into the dark depths of space... Rewrites.
I don't know what it is about rewrites but no matter how many stories I seem to tell, there is always a problem when it comes to rewrites. Usually when I hit low points during the first draft I can keep pressing forward and working towards my goals. The instant I start rewrites, its as though paint is drying, but even that is more entertaining.
I think that loss in motivation really has to do that I am not creating anymore, but instead editing that which has already been created. There are still thrilling aspects, like helping to set up the beginning of your book better to impact the end. Yet, there is almost a lack of creativity.
The end goal is in sight, the book is about to be published, but its at the rewrite phase where it seems like most books will just fall off from being finished. To actually finish a book is a huge accomplishment, but to get it to publishing is something else entirely.
All in all this is always a fascinating journey to me, and to see my ideas come to life through paper is something that will never get old to me. I love storytelling, and seeing people fall in love with the characters I created.
If you're an author or thinking of writing a book, my biggest advice for you is consistency. Keep at it, no matter how hard it gets, how much you want to move to another idea. The moment you leave the book behind is the chance of never picking it up again.
Your story is important to tell. It is one of the hardest things I've done, but the reward of holding your book in your hand for the first time, is extremely rewarding.
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