by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I’ve been feeling rather discouraged the last few days with my novel because of my age. But I think also I haven’t really been feeling discouraged so much as running hot. I needed to kind of cool down so I could look at the novel with fresh eyes.
I do this every once in a while. I kind of just pause for a weekend. Usually when I do this, I reflect on some of the more underdeveloped elements of character and plot so when I do sit down to write again, things go a lot faster.
I just usually have a moment or two whenever I have one of these pauses where all my insecurities come rushing to the forefront of my mind. But I have to accept that even if I stick the landing, I’m probably going to be in my mid-50s before I’m a published author.
And that’s if I’m lucky.
I also have to accept that I need to have a lot more structure in my day as well as I need to read more, watch more and definitely have more than just this one novel as a writing project.
