Focus On What's Important: Me!

Nap time's over people. Back to work!

My break from writing is over. The world came crashing down on my shoulders last weekend when I realized I would need to rewrite the ENTIRE MS I'm currently revising and received 2 rejections the same day. These are things that wouldn't normally bother me separately. Rejection happens and I've grown as a writer so much, that I deem my book crap :) Together? Not such a good combination.

I wasn't physically working on the book, but I still made a lot of notes to figure things out.

Welcome to my way of getting things done. It may look like a mess, but this is my outline. I keep very detailed step-by-step outlines so I can review them quickly if I need to go back. Of course, Tracking Changes is on because what I think will work better may not actually and I'll need to revert to the old. I hear the newer OS X.7 Lion will have a feature called Versions (I use a Mac), but not for Microsoft (I use Word for Mac). The program will automatically save "versions" of your work like a backup. Until then, Tracking Changes it is.

The book is kicking my ass. I have come up with a lot of solutions, I hope, but I have a lot of work to do! Sent out a few more submissions for LET ME OUT after revising the letter AGAIN! I'm on...4th round of submissions? Still have 9 queries open.

Are your outlines horrendous like mine? Or simple? Where are you at in Revision Hell?

Pure and Utter Crap

That's how I would describe the book I'm revising right now. Crap. I'm literally having to rewrite the entire book. I think every writer goes through this, but throw in two more rejections for a novel out to query, and what do you have? A very bad day.

In the end I know it will be for the best, that the book will be SO much better when I'm done, but for now, I'm taking a break from writing on some very good advice from a friend (Thanks, Meg). Over the next couple of weeks I am focusing on school and my loved ones. I'm sure my brain won't be shutting off about the book. I'll make notes, but I will not open that document, I will not pull myself down again.

So thank you to those that have offered kind words of advice. You're all right: I can't do everything at once and so begins the recharging!

No worries, I'll still be posting :)