The first half of this book keep growing in revisions, while the second half keeps… not…being revised.
Cut it in half and call it a duology? š
ā E. K. Thiede (Emily) (@ethiedee) July 10, 2019
(At least the first part of the tweet; itās pretty hard to create a duology out of a story thatās already been envisioned as a trilogy!)
Itās been pretty much a full year since I started my critique group, and the time Iāve spend working with my CPs has been full of revelations about myself as a writer.
This is a fairly common trait among writers and not necessarily a bad thing. Ā No one would spend the necessary months or years to write a novel if they didnāt on some level believe themselves good at it, or at least capable of getting better.
Itās all just labels anyway. Ā Iāve previously written about how, in their strictest sense, thereās almost no difference between them anyway.
As long as you end up with usable words on the page, it doesnāt really matter the method you employed to get them there.
Even though I had a thorough outline, I pantsed my way through a significant portion of my WIPās first draft.
Now that I am some five drafts deep into revision, I find myself pinch-hitting for Team Pantser once again.
Fourth (left) and partial sixth (right) drafts of my WIP
The end.
But of course thatās not the end at all. Ā Indeed, the realization of how wretched having your work critiqued can be is only just the beginning of a new stage of your writing journey.
A Frame Around Infinity 