by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I have got to start to rock and roll with this first novel. I have to stop daydreaming so much and drifting towards my goal and start to be a lot more focused. I am so close to finishing a solid first draft of my first novel and I’m well aware that every day I haven’t finished it another day that disaster could strike and this rather idyllic (for writing) situation that I’m in could end rather abruptly.
And, what’s more, I keep thinking about the other five novels I want to write in this project. The idea is — once I finish a really good first draft then I will know how to write the other five books a lot quicker. At least, that’s the dream. The reason why I love this huge project so much is, well, it’s pretty much my autobiograhy.
If I finish all six novels and then you read them, by the time you finish the six novel you will know me, way, way, way, way, too well. You’ll know me so well that if you have the briefest conversation with me in real life you’ll realize most of the elements of the universe I’ve come up with are, well, real. Maybe not 1-to-1, but you definitely get a sense of the “truth” of it all.
Anyway.
Time to put up or shut up. I really need to buckle down and try to get something, anything done sooner rather than later. And I need to read a lot more. It’s the only way I can flesh out these characters. The whole thing has a lot of “potential” as the late Annie Shapiro might say, but it’s up to me to live up to that potential by putting in the hard work necessary to produce professional grade copy.
