Two things crossed my mind recently.
The benefit of revising. I had written the second novel in my trilogy, done, dusted, ready to be proof read... and then my wife read it and asked a lot of quite pertinent questions concerning the relationship between the two main characters. The up shot was I didn’t publish and spent another year revising it and the result (to me) is a much better book that took the ending in a different direction (albeit with ultimately the same result). It reminded me of a valuable lesson I had forgotten. You know what the MC thinks but what do the other characters think? By doing this it revealed an aspect of the novel I had not considered.
Having finished my novel I thought I would take time out, have a rest, do other things. However within a week I was bored and finding new ideas piling up to be written. Just wanted to say that wanting to get story out of your head is a great motivator but, apparently, so is boredom. Not that I get bored but now I know why… I’m always thinking of stories.
The benefit of revising. I had written the second novel in my trilogy, done, dusted, ready to be proof read... and then my wife read it and asked a lot of quite pertinent questions concerning the relationship between the two main characters. The up shot was I didn’t publish and spent another year revising it and the result (to me) is a much better book that took the ending in a different direction (albeit with ultimately the same result). It reminded me of a valuable lesson I had forgotten. You know what the MC thinks but what do the other characters think? By doing this it revealed an aspect of the novel I had not considered.
Having finished my novel I thought I would take time out, have a rest, do other things. However within a week I was bored and finding new ideas piling up to be written. Just wanted to say that wanting to get story out of your head is a great motivator but, apparently, so is boredom. Not that I get bored but now I know why… I’m always thinking of stories.
