False starts are still starts

I made a whole big hoopla about having two new ideas for stories and being super excited to get started. Yeah, so about that…turns out starting an entirely new project is not as easy as I remember. After finishing the fourth or fifth draft of my Magick Forest novel, and then finishing up Saving the Music for Radish, I haven’t actually started anything completely new since…almost two years ago?! (unless you count the random pieces of fun I write every now and again that I have no plans for).

I’ve been writing out whatever bits and pieces come to me, but let me tell you they are BAD. I’m of the strong belief that the first draft of anything is just telling yourself the story. In that way, my first few attempts at starting a new story have been a huge exposition dump.

I’m sure I’m overreacting and they really aren’t that bad. But, when you’ve been staring at work further along in the process, bad chapters feel like just a bunch of false starts.

False starts are still starts. It doesn’t matter if I end up tossing all of the words I’ve written so far because I’m telling myself the story first.

Easier said than done. 😛

Here’s hoping that I can rekindle that storytelling fire.

Happy Writing!

Rachel

P.S. In personal news, I GOT ENGAGED! So excited to start the next chapter of our relationship. 😀