Two Paths At The Moment

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I have printed the novel out to the midpoint and so now I can do one of two things.

1. Read from the beginning
   This open would let me understand the context of things a lot better in the second act. But there is a risk I will really get bogged down in making things “perfect” and that will lead to delay, delay, delay.
2. Read from the beginning of the second act
   This is a good option because I can focus on what needs to get worked on — rewriting huge chunks of the first half of the second act.
   
   I don’t know which one I will do just yet. Both of the are tempting, very tempting. I think, think that I’m going to start from the beginning of the second act just so I can knock that part of the novel — the “fun and games” part — out of the way and actually feel like there’s some sort of progress as to the finishing of the novel sooner rather than later.
   
   I really, really want to wrap this novel up by August 1 to give me a month to prepare for querying. I’m kind of fed up with spinning my wheels and I want to at least experience the slings and arrows of outrageous querying fortune one way or another.