My Brain has been incredibly busy as of late. A busy mind is difficult to deal with at times when you are trying so hard to do so many things at once.
How do you over come a busy mind and focus on just one thing? Feel free to comment below and let me and other Authors know what helps you.
Aside from personal things going on in my life (and there are a fair few, unfortunately more stress right now than my husband and I feel we can handle at times), there is the revision of my current work in progress, the start of a second book and story ideas that plague my brain. A revision is a tough thing to deal with because you think you’re done and then boom, here’s several things that need to be addressed.
Now I wrote in my last post about revisions, so y’all know why I started a revision in the first place. As I read through I found several more things to address. First of all, there were the suggestions from my beta reader. Then there were things I found that needed addressed. Mostly stuff like saying ‘your’ instead of ‘you’re’ or something stupid easy like that. Things that I should have caught the last 8 or so times I’ve edited/read through it. As I’ve read through it I feel as though I just want to smack myself on the forehead like on of those gifs because I can’t believe I missed something so simple.
After you decide to do a revision, after you thought it was done and have to force yourself into the mindset that it’s not, you’ll find your mind in a different place than before. At least, that’s what happened to me. I am finding it much easier to trim the fat per say and get rid of unneeded words that don’t carry the story forward. I am finding that I am capable of perfecting (well not really making it perfect but rather just improving it, because perfect is a loose term depending on the person) the story in the ways it deserves. There is really no major plot points that need changed or anything like that but just a lot of little things. That being said, I’ve been focusing most of my writing time on the revision.
Even though I’m working on one project, I’ve been thinking of the storyline of my second book as well as future story ideas. Do you ever feel like you are just running around in circles and not really getting anywhere? Well in life and writing I have been feeling like that a lot lately. I know I will get there. I will get it done but between the rejection letters that I keep having to talk myself into not letting bother me and the many other things going on right now, I’m feeling a little overwhelmed. In many cases I have read others advice on feeling stressed while writing. Many Authors say to just step away from that project for a little while, it will help. However, I have this overwhelming drive to finish this novel and I can’t take a break until it is completely done.
I know it’s different for everyone, as far as the stress levels go and the timelines that we set for themselves. Each person will feel differently while they are on their 7th or 8th edit or on a revision period with their novel. I just hope that if that is you and you are feeling the same way I am right now, that you know that you are not alone. That you will finish your novel and you will eventually stop running in circles and go a different direction to the success that you seek. That it will take time but you should have faith in yourself, just as I need to have faith in myself.
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