In my last post I spoke about
setting myself smaller goals and working on other things as well as my novel,
nomatter how small. Well, this evening I have written a letter to Good Food
Magazine, and I intend to post it tomorrow. I buy Good Food quite a lot these days, and I love to cook (and eat), so I thought, why not? Besides, the star letter prizes are quite extravagant.
It's a small achievement, but for a while I have been wanting to
write another letter to a magazine, considering how well my letter in Writers'
Forum went down.
It might sound odd, but it has really helped me to reassess
my writing style and was really refreshing.
Having to get your point across in a way that is concise and yet
captures your voice with a limited word count is a great way to focus and hone
your words.
Believe it or not I found myself editing my 90-odd word letter,
refining it until I was perfectly happy, and this I found really
refreshing.
I think I'm itching to edit my novel. It doesn't feel right not
going back over everything every time I write and scrapping loads, refining
each single scene. I feel dissatisfied with what I have written because I know
it could be better.
Ok, I'll come out with it. I'm considering a cheeky editorial
session. Would anyone judge me horribly considering I said I would push on
until I had a first draft?
Is there any such thing as a partial first draft?
