Editing

On Friday evening, I received the first round of edits for my new novel "My Grandmothers Diaries". As I'm working on another novel "Somewhere In Between" that is still in draft mode. It takes a little time to get my head back into the other novel. I think or thought that when I sent 'My Grand Mothers Diaries" off for editing a month ago, that it was my greatest work to date. Now I'm not so certain. Self-Doubt is a constant companion at times. You battle your emotions all the time. Though you need them, they are what brings the truly great work out. I find I do a bit of work on the edits. Leave it sometimes unhappy. return keep going. Sometimes you want to quit. You do. You don't want to face things anymore, don't want to rake over the coals of your work. But this is when you have to keep going, have to dig the deepest. If you know what you want, if you have made that decision, these are the times, when the road is at its steepest, that you have to show discipline, get in there and fight for what you want. It's all a part of the process part of the journey. When you write something it belongs to you. Then you share it with someone, a loved one perhaps. You understand it, because it's yours. Then you have to send it out into the world. Otherwise, what's the point. Then you have to realise that others might not understand somethings that are very personal too personal and these are the things you have to interpret in such a way that everyone will understand what you are trying to say. And these are the hardest parts to change, because these are the most personal, the most meaningful too you. So, you battle, then you find a way through, because you are determined you know what you want.

And at the end of the day.

What else Matters?

Love

JRF