I wrote a novel for National Novel Writing Month. Now, I am in the development editing stage, and this is the part where everything always seems to go wrong for me. It isn’t that I can’t edit. I am actually very good at editing. The problem I have is when I try to get feedback and it is totally useless to what I am writing. The feedback is like the person didn’t even read what I had written. Everything that I tried to get my point across seems like it was totally ignored.
At these times, I get hung up in development land. I have several stories there right now. However, because I have changed careers, I know this time, I can’t do that. I need to force myself to push through this stupid phase. The only way I know how to do it is to have faith. I believe in what I have written, so I can’t let what someone else says knock me off my path. I am certain that God is leading me in the right direction and so I just need to keep going even if I feel discouraged or feel doubts. God gives me strength to endure.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
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