by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
So, it’s March 1st and I’m going to start the first novel in this five novel series from scratch. Again. But I’m going to try to clear my mind so I can wrap this first novel up ASAP.
I have five well thought out novels in my mind and it’s just a matter of being willing to write something, anything, so I can later come back and rewrite them. I love being creatively overwhelmed. That was the entire point of this project from the start.
And, also, it’s not like I wouldn’t have these frustrations if I started working on something else. I would. A lot of the delay comes from how bad a storyteller I’ve been and how much I’ve improved over the last few years. It’s just there comes a point where you have to stop running in circles and actually allow yourself to write crap so you can revise it and make it better.
The key difference is I know what the stakes of this first novel are. But it took some radical rethinking of who the hero of the story was to do that. I am, however, pleased with what I’ve managed to come up with. I just have to stop screwing around, taking a deep breath and start writing.
