Tuesday, July 7, 2009

I think I'm Rolling Again?


I say I think I'm rolling again, because I opened my novel. I had to put it out of my mind to see where it was going. Sure many writers keep plugging away at the same book till it's finished, but somewhere along the way I sometimes get bogged up in it and can't see it clearly. I'm not sure what this is called or what caused it, but it happens. So this is the part where I "trust in the process" and let it be. I was thinking that I needed to change my entire setting from 1971 to present day and I began again and rewrote the first chapter. It was working and it felt good, then life got busy with whatever and I put it away again. Now.....I just re-read both books and they are both good. I'm feeling much better about the 1971 setting and the same story with today's setting. Hummm???? Not sure what to do at the moment? The novel set in 1971 is finished. Should I keep going with the re-write or stick with the finished novel?

I guess I need to let it sit a bit more?? or not?