Diary of Being a Writer; Week 136

I want Bloody Dawn to be the first in a series.

I got the job!

I get to be a counsellor.
I get to use the two degrees I went back to uni for.
I get to have a regular wage and a part-time job that will allow me to keep writing.
I am happy about these things.

Okay, that’s enough now let’s get back to making this book amazing.

Editing is hard. Writing new bits is hard. Moving the things around is hard. Making sure you haven’t screwed up another bit of the story by moving that other bit is hard.
I am making progress, though. It just feels hard.

I really feel like I am getting somewhere now. I feel like I am getting to grips with this whole process and moving at a decent pace. I would love to be progressing faster, but it really is something you can’t rush. Rushing leads to mistakes, and I am meant to be removing mistakes, not adding them.

Today included a couple more structural changes. Another scene needs a complete rewrite because the main character is talking to someone who wouldn’t actually be there at that time. Damn it.

And I have a gap in the action coming up later created by grabbing a chunk and…