by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
While I have time and again thought I was just about to wrap up the second draft of this novel, it definitely seems as though it’s at least possible that this time it might actually happen.
What’s more, it might happen with some slack in the chronology to the point that I will have some wiggle room. I will be able to edit the entire second draft myself one or two times before I actually hand it over to someone.
At least, that’s the dream.
Of course, if I should happen to successfully — at last — wrap up the second draft, then the NEXT step in the process begins. I will begin the Beta Reader process which is going to be a pretty dramatic change because things will be out of my hands to some extent.
I probably am going to piviot to other novel ideas while I wait for people to read the novel. I also have the looming prospect of querying to deal with.
But that was the whole point of this to begin with — I simply want to see how far I can get in this process before it becomes clear, one way or another, what is going to happen.
It could be that I simply won’t be able to get this first novel published and I’ll have to work on another novel, using the skillset I’ve developed.
Who knows. I know I don’t.
