So...close...
I am two pages from completing the third draft of Violet's Monster: Volume I, only a day late! I just wanted to take a break and write about it for a while instead of writing it.
Writing this book has proven a daunting task. Even though I've written three drafts, I still feel like the drafts are complete crap. The idea, though, is still valuable, I believe, so I'm still going to keep trying. I predicted 9 or 10 drafts for this story, if not more, and I'm thinking more and more that I was correct in that assumption!
Violet's Monster: Volume 1 is about fear. Facing your fears, growing up and realizing adults still experience fear, and recognizing that sometimes, fear is what helps you know what kind of person you really are - it tests you in a way that a peaceful existence can't.
Fear of failure hasn't stopped me from writing Violet's Monster: Voluem I - but I'm still scared. What if people hate it? What if I can't write? What if I keep writing my whole life and never get to share my work with anyone? That shouldn't keep my from my dream. I want to share my imagination with the world, and I won't let fear keep me from trying to accomplish that.
Anyway, wish me luck as I take a few days' break and then get back into editing. I don't hate editing as much as I thought I would, but it's coming tougher these days as I don't have a flow of music to help me out.
Suggestions?
Also, if you want to read this draft (quite a bit different from the 2nd draft), message me your e-mail and I'll send you a copy. I need all the revision notes I can get!
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